Southern States Push For Better Border Security And Tech Sharing In Hyderabad

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy urged southern States to strengthen intelligence-sharing and operational coordination at a police meeting in Hyderabad on Friday, October 23, 2026. Speaking at the Southern States' Police Coordination Committee meeting held at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre, he stated that no State can fight crime alone.

Meeting Details

Senior police officials from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala attended the gathering, alongside representatives from the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry and Lakshadweep, and central security agencies. Telangana DGP C.V. Anand, Karnataka DGP M.A. Saleem and Tamil Nadu DGP Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal shared various state initiatives during the discussions.

Regional Initiatives

Telangana offered to share its technological tools with neighbours to fight cybercrime and narcotics. Mr. Reddy noted Telangana's top ranking in cybercrime handling during the Prime Minister's PRAGATI review and mentioned specialized agencies like EAGLE, HYDRAA and TG-SAFE. Meanwhile, Karnataka DGP M.A. Saleem highlighted the Mane Manege Police drive that identified nearly 55,000 households with elderly persons living alone. Tamil Nadu DGP Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal detailed a women and children safety force that traced missing persons and prevented child marriages.

Context

Regional police coordination committees allow neighboring states to tackle crimes that cross state borders, such as drug trafficking and cyber fraud, which local police forces often struggle to track in isolation. Sharing tech infrastructure and databases helps law enforcement agencies act faster against mobile criminal networks operating across multiple state lines.