Mahesh Bhagwat takes charge as Hyderabad Police Commissioner
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Senior IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat formally assumed charge as the Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police at 11 a.m. on Friday (November 13, 2026) at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TG ICCC) in Banjara Hills.
The new Commissioner of Hyderabad Police, Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagwat, held a review meeting soon after taking charge of the post at Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) in Hyderabad on Friday (November 12, 2026). | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Police personnel accorded Mr. Bhagwat a ceremonial welcome as he took charge as the 63rd Commissioner of Hyderabad City Police. He succeeds V.C. Sajjanar, who has been transferred as Director General of the Fire, Disaster Response, Emergency and Civil Defence Department.
A ceremonial farewell was held for outgoing Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, at the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate on Friday (November 13, 2026) | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL
Mr. Sajjanar was given a ceremonial farewell at the Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, with a large number of personnel gathering. Officers and staff formed a procession around a flower-decorated police vehicle carrying Mr. Sajjanar. Police personnel lined up on either side as he was escorted through the Commissionerate premises, with several officers and staff members accompanying him.
Senior officers, including DCPs, ACPs and inspectors from various zones, gathered to acknowledge Mr. Sajjanar’s tenure as Commissioner. Mr. Bhagwat said he would focus on maintaining law and order, controlling crime through coordination with senior officers and improving police services to the public.
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