{
  "id": 9572672,
  "title": "Pankaj Kumar Meena assumes charge as Markapuram’s first SP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/pankaj-kumar-meena-assumes-charge-as-markapurams-first-sp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T15:25:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/pankaj-kumar-meena-assumes-charge-as-markapurams-first-sp/article71504567.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Thursday, Pankaj Kumar Meena officially assumed the role of Markapuram district's first Superintendent of Police (SP). Upon taking charge, the IPS officer highlighted several priorities, including ensuring public safety, preventing road accidents on major highways, resolving land disputes, and enhancing women's safety. He expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister and Director General of Police (DGP) for their support. Meena emphasized that law and order would be his top priority and warned that legal action would be taken against violators. He pledged to address land-related issues in the district by consulting with Revenue officials. Additionally, Meena assured special attention to preventing road accidents caused by ghat roads and encouraged the public to report any information to him. He also gathered information from DSPs, CIs, and SIs in Markapuram and Kanigiri sub-divisions, vowing to take necessary measures to improve public services and remain accessible to address grievances.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Pankaj Kumar Meena becomes Markapuram's first SP on Thursday",
    "Prioritizes public safety, road accidents, land disputes, women's safety",
    "Commits to law and order, legal action against violators"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}