PD Act invoked against rowdy sheeter

Hyderabad (Telangana), May 31 (HS): Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar has issued preventive detention order against Shaik Khaja, a rowdy sheeter under Bhavani Nagar Police Station.

Khaja committed offences of attempt to murder, extortion and criminal intimidation and he has been creating large scale fear, terror and panic among the general public, thereby adversely affecting the public order, apart from disturbing the peace, tranquility and social harmony in the society.

Bhavani Nagar police arrested Khaja and he was remanded to judicial custody. The Preventive Detention Order was executed on him on May 26 and he was lodged in Central Prison, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.