Hyderabad: The Telangana government has cancelled the licence of private security agency M/s Defensor Security Services with immediate effect following the murder of a five-year-old child at Villa Orchids in Kowkoor on October 10. The agency was found to have violated mandatory security regulations, including deploying guards without police verification and prescribed training.
The Controlling Authority, Telangana, cancelled the agency's licence under Section 13 of the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, and directed it to stop all security operations and surrender its original licence within seven days.
According to the cancellation order, the agency violated provisions of the PSAR Act, 2005, and the Telangana Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Rules, 2022. The violations included deploying security guards without mandatory police verification and training, inadequate supervision and failure to provide a satisfactory explanation in response to a show-cause notice.
The order also referred to the case registered at Bolarum police station under Sections 140(2), 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the child's murder. A security guard deployed by the agency was allegedly involved in the incident.