Former MLC Sultan Ahmed passes away

Senior political leader Mohammed Sultan Ahmed, 76, former MLC, president of Telangana Beedi Leaves Contractors Association passed away due to prolonged illness while undergoing treatment in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

He was native of Chennur in Adilabad district. His last rites will be held tomorrow evening in Chennur.

Sultan Ahmed was senior Congress leader and held many positions in the party at state and national level and also worked as Zilla Parishad Chairman during 1985-86 and MLC in 2007 when he was in congress party.

Sultan Ahmed recently joined TRS along with his son Chennur Market committee chairman Ismail Ahmed Zulfikar.  Sulthan Ahmed was one of the senior congress leaders in the district who had good rapport with the party high command when he was in Congress party.

He also contested for Adilabad Member of Parliament and MLA from Sirpur (T) but was unsuccessful.

Senior leaders including Ministers Allola Indrakaran Reddy and Jogu Ramanna, former MP G. Vivek of the district expressed condolence on death of Sulthan Ahmed and remembered his contributions for the development of the district and welfare of the people as a public representative and senior political leader.

Police stations turn coaching centres

Police stations are doubling up into free coaching centres for unemployed youth of interior areas preparing for police constables and sub- inspector posts in the district.

District police are giving free training to the interested youth at a few police stations currently and will be extended soon to all the police stations in the district. Study material prepared by the top police officials will be given free in addition to the giving guidance to the prospective candidates.

District police came out with this decision in the wake of state government’s notification for recruitment of constables and Sub inspectors posts on large numbers.

SP Dr Tarun Joshi asked the police officials to impart training to the interested youth preparing for jobs in the police department. The free coaching was planned as part of people friendly policing and ‘police meekosam’.

It is said that in most of the police station, the recently appointed young sub- inspectors had better understanding about written test and pattern of questions and syllabus for the recruitment of post of police constables and sub- inspectors.

The Utnoor DSP R. Venkateshwarlu (who was recently transferred) has prepared the study material in accordance with the new methodology useful for the candidates prepare for written examination for SI and constable posts.

The material was distributed free to 340 youths from Utnoor division preparing for the posts in the month of July. Police have been conducting such training programs also in Kagaznagar division under the Supervision of DSP Gummi Chakrawarthy. 

Now the same material is being printed in large number of copies to be distributed to the unemployed youth preparing for police constable and sub- inspector posts. At the same time guidance will be given to the candidates preparing for the police recruitment about physical tests and how to get through those tests.

SP Dr Tarun Joshi said the police have been closely associated with people by actively participating in government schemes Haritha Haram, rendering their services to the devotees in Godavari Pushkaralu, Gramajyoti, Mission Kakatiya and Swacch Bharath in the district. He added that they had also adopted some tanks under Mission Kakatiya and villages under Gramajyoti.

Focus will be laid in the written test for police constables and Sub- inspector jobs as state government is seriously considering to scrapping the 5km run as a physical test for police constable and sub-inspector jobs.