Star hotels Asked to boost Security

HYDERABAD: The City police has advised the star hotels to strengthen their security arrangements by engaging the services of ex-servicemen and Special Protection Force (SPF) as security personnel. Officials of the City Security Wing (CSW) held a meeting with the security managers of star hotels to beef up their security systems in the wake of terrorist attacks. The meeting was attended by more than 40 managers of different hotels.“The managements of the hotels are advised to engage ex-army personnel for security with firearms to retaliate in case of armed attack. Armed police will be provided on payment,” the CSW officials said.The managements were asked to install security gadgets like closed circuit cameras, door frame metal detectors, baggage scanners and also deployment of a full-fledged bomb disposal squad with sniffer dogs on their own. In case of emergencies, they were asked to create escape routes for evacuation, a public address system fitted in each room to alert the guests in case of emergency. A mock blast was demonstrated and the managements were shown samples of various explosives.
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