Wild fox follows crocodile, panther into Hyderabad city

Habitat destruction poses major threat
U Sudhakar Reddy
After panthers and crocodile now it's the turn of Fox to sneak into the city. Residents of Nagole woke up to see a wild fox moving in their locality from house to house on Sunday morning. The female fox aged two to three years lost it's way to from the Vanasthalipuram jungle into Sainagar Colony in Nagole.
As kids who are playing on the roads raised alarm and screaming at the fox a woman called up the forest anti poaching squad who along with Nehru Zoological park authorities caught it and shifted to zoo. An employee of an MNC Ms D Suma Reddy daughter of a retired
Motor Vehicle Inspector Mr D S Reddy says ,"when we saw it we were doubtful whether it was a dog or a fox. Colony kids were screaming at the fox. It was very mild and not wild. It was shivering and trembling as it saw so many people.,"
The incident took place around 10.35 am in road number 4 of Srinagar Colony.
Anti Poaching Squad Forest Range Officer Mr Raja Ramana Reddy said ,"After we received information we rushed to spot and confirmed it as a fox. It has injury on left limb. We rescued it and shifted it to Zoo park. It may have sneaked out of Vanasthalipuram national park which is spread over 3600 acres of land. There are four reserve forest blocks
that spread from Vanasthalipuram, Nagole and Dammaigudem,"
He added that fox is a protected wild species under part 2 of Schedule 2 of Wild Life Protection Act.
"Usually in groups the fox hunt for their prey deer. It may lost the route," said Ramana Reddy.
Increased human intervention in the forests and destruction of forest habitat are another reasons why the wild animals are sneaking out of
the forest. In another incident Forest officials rescued a wild animal of Cat family in Krishnakanth park in Yousufguda on Sunday evening.
"We are yet to identify the species of cat. It is a protected wild animal," said Mr Raja Ramana Reddy.

Pak Cyber Army hacks Andhra Pradesh Sainik webstie

By U Sudhakar Reddy
The "Pakistan Cyber Army" which defaced the Central Bureau of Investigation’s website, also hacked into
the website of the Department of Sainik Welfare of government of Andhra Pradesh.
The website, www.apsainikwelfare.gov.in was hacked on December 5, the day after Pakistani cyber miscreants hacked into the CBI website. The web page related to financial grant report to retired army officials was defaced.
The Pakistan Cyber Army also posted the defaced web pages of the Sainik Welfare Department on social networking site, Facebook. It read that cyber security of Indian government’s websites was a myth and  claimed that it was done in retaliation to the hacking of Pakistani websites by Indian hackers.
On the defaced web page of the Sainik Welfare Department, the hacker left a message: "Hacked by Innocent Hacker". Government officials, however, retrieved the defaced web pages by evening.
Sainik Welfare Department director, Brigadier (retired) C.S. Vidyasagar told this correspondent: "The AP Sainikwelfare site is non classified. Anyone can access it from any part of the world. No classified information is put on the website. We are going to lodge a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police regarding defacing of the pages."
He added that the website is maintained by the Centre For Good Governance. "We are paying CGG for maintenance of the website as the department has no technical experts. After this incident we are definitely going to ask them to strengthen security," he said.
CBI, on the other hand, has failed to restore its website since it was hacked. Andhra Hackers, a group that takes up "ethical hacking", has been assisting the cyber police of the state to tackle the Pakistani hackers.
Meanwhile, the Crime Investigation Department, Cyber Crime Police, is currently being trained by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on various aspects of cyber security and investigation in the Ghaziabad CBI Academy. Additional superintendent of police, Mr U. Ram Mohan, and inspector of police, Mr Ravi Kumar Reddy, are being trained by the FBI along with other officers across the country.
The FBI training module began on Monday, two days after the CBI website was hacked into.

Drugs from Africa: Khat leaf in Hyderabad.

Khat leafy contraband a drug used as alternative for Amphetamine and Cocaine by the drug abusers was caught in the city. City Task Force police on Saturday arrested a Somalian national
and seized 11 kgs of Khat leaves smuggled into Hyderabad from Adis Ababa the Ethiopian capital.
The arrested accused identified as Ahmed Khadar Yousuf Elmi 38 a native of Mogadishu in Somalia was residing at Nizam Colony at Humayunagar.
Cops found that he was selling the Khat to leaf to city drug abusers and foreign nationals. The accused was smuggling in Khat leaf as vegetables in Air cargo from East African Countries to city via Mumbai.
Khat leaf is a stimulant and produces hallucinogenic affect on chewing.
Task Force Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr V B Kamalasan Reddy said that the Somalian came to India on tourist visa in 1995. He discontinued his studies in the faculty of Bachelor of commerce in
King Koti Pragati College. He was arrested in 2008 October by Humayunagar police for overstay and sent to jail. On bail he procured refugee certificate. Due to financial crisis he started procuring Khat leaf
and selling the contraband at the rate of Rs 1000 per bundle.

Mr Kamalasan Reddy said ,"Not only foreign nationals but also Hyderabadis got addicted to Khat leaves. The Khat leaves contain psycho active ingredients known as cathinone and cathine. Both these

chemicals come under Narcotic Drugs and Pyschotropic substances act purview,".

Khat is a flowering shrub, it has stimulant effect similar to that of cocaine. Khat leaves are grown in Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen countries. Khat is taken by chewing the leaves and dried Khat leaves,

can we mixed in tea decoction. The user experiences immediate increase in blood pressure and heart beat rate. It has effect of mild depression, extreme thrust, insomnia etc. It also damages the nervous, respiratory, circulatory and digestive system. It is a illegal drug falls

under Schedule-I drug under the Controlled Substances Act.

West Zone Task Force inspector of Police Mr J Narsaiah said Khat leaf is grown by farmers in Somalia.

The sale proceeds of Khat leaf is the key sources for the terror funding in Somalia.

Real Rakthacharitra: Paritala private army ROC chief Pothula Suresh arrest drama

Chaman and Nagoor Hussain still wanted
U Sudhakar Reddy
After 'arresting' the slain TD leader Paritala Ravi's aide and head of his private army Pothula Suresh the Anantapur police
and State intelligence sleuths have now began 'hunt' for absconding members of the out lawed group.
Pothula Suresh the founder of the Left Wing Extremist splinter group Reorganising Committee(ROC) was arrested by Special Operations Group of Anantapur police at Surat in Gujarat.
Police say that there seems to be no end for the 'Raktha Charitra' and the accused are still involved in extortions in the State particularly in Hyderabad.
ROC was assisting Paritala Ravi to carry out killings of his opposite faction, political party and community police said.
Pothula Suresh went into hiding after Congress came into power six years ago. After the murder of Paritala Ravi the members of ROC left the State with fear of being killed by rivals.
Suresh, reportedly made efforts to compromise with Paritala Ravi's rival Mr Maddelachervu Suri and Tadipatri legislator and former
minister Mr J.C. Diwakar Reddy four months ago sources said. Mr Suresh, a native of Mahabubnagar district, was accused in 7 murder cases including television set bomb blast case at Suri's residence and another 6 attempt murder cases.
While studying his post graduation in Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Suresh was attracted to left wing extremism and joined in people's war along with Paritala Ravi. Later broke away and turned into the head of Paritala Ravi's 'Private Army' the ROC.
 Ananthapur Superintendent of Police Mr Manish Kumar Sinha said ,"two other key members of ROC Dudekula Chaman and Nagoor
 Hussain are still absconding. We are talking to him. We have to take Suresh into police custody and question him regarding their
whereabouts. We have to still verify whether the group is active now.
But they are not committing any offences or indulged in violence in Anantapur,"
Paritala's arch rival Gangula Suryanarayana Reddy alias Suri is now in Bengaluru as his bail conditions say that he should not come to Anantapur.
An official of State intelligence said ,"due to fear of being killed by Maddalacheruvu Suri the suspect Suresh was hiding in Surat,"
 Police traced the nearby cell phone tower where Suresh used to speak over his mobile phone in Gujarat. Later police followed his wife Vavilala Sunitha while she was returning to Gujarat from Anantapur a month ago. They confirmed his exact location and swooped down on Suresh yesterday.
In contrary, rumours are airing in the district that Suresh voluntarily surrendered to police as his financial sources were
exhausted and his cadre was shattered following Ravi's murder in 2005.
Anantapur SP Mr M K Sinha dismissed the rumours of surrender and said that he was arrested on specific information.
 Pothula Suresh was upset over Paritala Ravi widow Paritala Sunitha's apathetic attitude over supporting his family and cadre.
Meanwhile, Vavilala Sunitha alleged that Congress government planned to eliminate her husband while speaking to media men in
Anantapur on Saturday. She admitted that Suresh made some efforts to step out from underground.
Meanwhile district jail superintendent Mr Ravi Prasad on Saturday filed a petition requesting the district judge to put Suresh in another jail as Paritala Ravi's murder case accused were already in jail.
Pothula Suresh allegedly masterminded the killing of S Chenna Reddy who was a Congress MLA from Dhamavaram town of the district.

Hyderabad: Pepper Guns to control the rioters

Udumula Sudhakar Reddy
As part of massive preparations for the December D-day on Telangana issue city police are procuring Pepper Guns that
make rioters and protesters sneeze when shot at.
City police are also recruiting ex service men on large scale as the constable recruitment was delayed due to free zone issue. Expecting trouble after the Srikrishna report comes out on the Telangana issue, the police are procuring weapons and recruiting men to control violent mobs.
Around 1200 ex army men will be appointed as police support officers in the city to deal with the rioting. City police already have 700 PSOs.
Sources in the city police said that the cops are trying to procured several non lethal weapons like Pepper Guns.
A senior police official said ,"Whatever is the report of Sri Krishna Committee our duty is to maintain law and order. Protection of people and properties will be the top priority. As part of the State police strategy to deal with the protesters in a harmless way we are procuring non lethal weapons,"
Pepper Guns are non- lethal weapon that fire fireballs which has a chemical Capsaicin(the burning component of chillies) strong irritant that cause teary eyes, runny nose, sneezing, wheezing and even difficult in breathing.
Cops are testing various other riot gear equipment as the preparatory measure. Police are also procuring 12 bore pump action guns. The non lethal weapons are also available for other districts including in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
The non-lethal weapons like 12-bore pump action guns may cause injuries but will not be fatal.