Punjagutta PS awarded Best Police Station prize

Hyderabad: The Punjagutta Police Station has bagged 2nd rank for the Best Police Station in India in the survey conducted by the Quality Council of India and Ministry of Home Affairs. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented the Union Home Minister’s Trophy for Best Police Station in the country at inaugural ceremony of Annual Conference of DGPs, IGPs at BSF Academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.

The Trophy was received by S Ravinder, Station House Officer (SHO) of Punjagutta in the presence of Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy. According to a press release, the Union government has developed a uniform model for ranking police stations in the country and identified 10 best police stations. The basic objective of the survey is to improve quality of policing and make it citizen-friendly.

Since the formation of Telangana State, the Chief Minister’s vision of enhancing standards of service delivery by institutionalising effective and sustainable systems through the use of technology, process initiatives and community partnerships in policing has gained recognition, added the release from DGP office.