Archive · 13 Aug 2026
CM Chandrababu Naidu orders tough action on law and order
The leader of Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, called a big meeting about keeping people safe.
More than one thousand police officers joined the meeting.
Some officers were at the main government building, and many others joined using video calls.
Mr. Naidu told the police to be strict with people who break the law.
He wants the police to protect women and children from bad people.
He also wants them to stop cybercrime, which is when people do bad things using computers and phones.
He told them to stop gangs that use blades and gangs that sell a drug called ganja.
He wants the police to watch for fake messages on social media.
He said every police station must work well and handle the cases it is given properly.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed police to take strict action on law and order violations and against those who take the law into their own hands.
Naidu issued the directives during a high-level law-and-order review at the Secretariat attended by 1,650 police officials from across Andhra Pradesh.
He ordered intensified measures to prevent crimes against women and children and effective action against cybercrime.
The CM called for stringent steps to curb 'blade gangs', ganja gangs, and fake propaganda spread through social media.
Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha and DGP Harish Kumar Gupta attended, with officers from more than 1,200 police stations joining virtually.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, joined by Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha, DGP Harish Kumar Gupta, and 1,650 police officials.
- What
- Directives to take strict action on law and order violations, including crimes against women and children, cybercrime, ganja and blade gangs, and fake propaganda on social media.
- When
- Wednesday, during a high-level review of the state's law-and-order situation.
- Where
- The Secretariat in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, with officials joining virtually from across the state.
- Why
- To ensure police stations function effectively at the grassroots level and that registered cases are dealt with firmly and in accordance with the law.
- Chief Minister
- N Chandrababu Naidu
- State
- Andhra Pradesh
- Venue
- Secretariat, Amaravati
- Officials attending
- 1,650 police officials
- Police stations represented
- More than 1,200
- Home Minister
- Vangalapudi Anitha
- DGP
- Harish Kumar Gupta
- Priority areas
- Crimes against women and children, cybercrime, ganja gangs, blade gangs, fake social media propaganda