HYDERABAD: A public interest petition urged the AP High Court on Monday to pull up the Hyderabad police and the state government for their inaction despite a prior warning from intelligence wings about possible terror attacks in the state capital. It also sought a direction to the state government to take adequate anti-sabotage measures to prevent bomb blasts and save the lives of innocent people.
The state government's inaction in preventing recent blasts should be viewed seriously, the petitioner said. Despite intelligence alert about a possible terror strike in the city, the security agencies failed to prevent the twin blasts on February 21 at Dilsukh Nagar in which 16 persons lost their lives and 117 were injured, the PIL said.
Petitioner B Uma Maheswar Rao, TDP general secretary from Vijayawada, sought direction to the state government to make it mandatory to install surveillance cameras at public places like malls, hospitals, cinemas etc. He wanted the court to declare the government authorities inaction in preventing the Dilsukh Nagar blasts as irresponsible and violative of statutory duties. He requested the court to direct the registry to fix an early date for hearing the petition.
The petitioner submitted that the 'contradictory statements' on twin blasts by the state and central leaders demonstrated that there was no coordination and responsibility on the part of the authorities concerned. "It is most unfortunate that a serious issue has been neglected willfully causing heavy damage to the people." The chief secretary, principal secretary to home, director general of police and city police commissioner were named as respondents.
The state government's inaction in preventing recent blasts should be viewed seriously, the petitioner said. Despite intelligence alert about a possible terror strike in the city, the security agencies failed to prevent the twin blasts on February 21 at Dilsukh Nagar in which 16 persons lost their lives and 117 were injured, the PIL said.
Petitioner B Uma Maheswar Rao, TDP general secretary from Vijayawada, sought direction to the state government to make it mandatory to install surveillance cameras at public places like malls, hospitals, cinemas etc. He wanted the court to declare the government authorities inaction in preventing the Dilsukh Nagar blasts as irresponsible and violative of statutory duties. He requested the court to direct the registry to fix an early date for hearing the petition.
The petitioner submitted that the 'contradictory statements' on twin blasts by the state and central leaders demonstrated that there was no coordination and responsibility on the part of the authorities concerned. "It is most unfortunate that a serious issue has been neglected willfully causing heavy damage to the people." The chief secretary, principal secretary to home, director general of police and city police commissioner were named as respondents.
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