India, May 2 -- Hyderabad Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer C V Anand on Friday took charge as Director General of Police (DGP) of Telangana, succeeding DGP B Shivadhar Reddy who retired on Thursday upon attaining superannuation.

A 1991-batch IPS officer, Anand received a ceremonial guard of honour from senior officers at the state police headquarters. He was selected from a panel of three senior officers cleared by the Centre last week.

Speaking after assuming charge, Anand said his focus would be on deploying the latest technology including Artificial Intelligence and drones in crime control, traffic management and road safety.

He said anti-drug committees would be set up in educational institutions to curb drugs and ragging...