Police prevent protest by aspirants

Police took into preventive custody 22 unemployed youth when they tried to stage a demonstration at Indira Park resenting lapses in the conduct of physical efficiency test for recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors of police.

The youth were part of a large gathering at a meeting at the Press Club at Basheerbagh which was addressed by Telangana Jana Samiti president M. Kodandaram and former MLA R. Krishnaiah.

As the meeting was in progress, a group of youth tried to proceed to Indira Park but were detained by police. Other participants at the meeting were also stopped by police and allowed to exit in small batches to avoid law and order problems.

Represent problem

A 10 member delegation was allowed to meet Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali at the Secretariat in the evening to represent their woes.

The speakers at the meeting protested against conducting en masse physical efficiency test for candidates in different categories of police recruitment. This was despite separate notifications and applications for all categories.

In the physical efficiency test, 40 to 50 candidates were made to run 800 metre race in one batch which resulted in frequent body-to-body contact between them and affecting their timing. They also alleged that the radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on the candidates did not give correct results.