Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Thursday met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his Chambers in the Secretariat, to brief him over the security arrangements being made in the city following the serial bomb blasts in Mumbai on Wednesday evening.
The DGP is understood to have briefed the CM about the security cover to the city's sensitive areas.
Later, while on the way to his car from the Chief Minister's office, Dinesh Reddy told waiting media persons that instructions for a 'high alert' have already been issued to the authorities concerned.
He also said that the top officers, including the Commissioner Of Police, will discuss the issue at a meeting being convened by him later in the day.
High alert has been declared in the state following the serial explosions that rocked Mumbai on Wednesday evening, between 6:30pm and 7:05pm, which claimed many lives.
The event produced a flutter in the nation's capital, as also in Hyderabad.
Even as news spread across the nation over the alleged terrorists' attack in Mumbai, the top brass sounded an alert in Hyderabad, which was also said to have been on the hit list of the terrorists.
Police activity in the city has been intensified, with personnel stopping the vehicles and conducting searches in case of suspicion.
The security at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been stepped up. Anybody found under suspicious circumstances will be rounded up, as per the latest orders.
The police were also directed to clear any objects or vehicles left on the roadside near the airport. (INN)
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