Hyderabad: Cricketer Mohammed Siraj officially took charge as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) after reporting to the Director General of Police (DGP), Telangana, on Friday.

Siraj was accompanied by MP M. Anil Kumar Yadav and TGMREIS president Mohammed Faheemuddin Qureshi. This appointment fulfills a promise made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, who had announced that Siraj would be given a prestigious Group-I government position.

Expressing his gratitude, Siraj thanked the Chief Minister for the honour. Both Anil Kumar Yadav and Faheemuddin Qureshi praised the state government’s commitment to promoting sports and athletes. They highlighted the Chief Minister’s vision of establishing a sports university and integrating sports facilities across Telangana to nurture future talent.

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New Delhi, Oct 11: India on Friday said it was "concerned" at the "deteriorating" security situation in parts of West Asia, amid reports that United Nations peacekeepers have been caught in the intensified fighting in southern Lebanon.

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs also said New Delhi continues to monitor the situation closely.

"We are concerned at the deteriorating security situation along the Blue Line. We continue to monitor the situation closely," the MEA said.

The 120-km Blue Line is a United Nations-recognised demarcation line to indicate that Israel had withdrawn its military from southern Lebanon. It separates Lebanon from Israel and the Golan Heights, but it is not an official international border.

"Inviolability of UN premises must be respected by all, and appropriate measures taken to ensure the safety of UN peacekeepers and the sanctity of their mandate," the MEA said in its statement.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, said in a statement on October 10 that "recent escalation along the Blue Line is causing widespread destruction of towns and villages in south Lebanon".

"In the past days, we have seen incursions from Israel into Lebanon in Naqoura and other areas. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers have clashed with Hizbullah elements on the ground in Lebanon," it alleged in the statement.