High alert is being observed in Hyderabad for the next five days in view of Kadapa MP and YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy's likely appearance before CBI on 25th and before CBI Special Courts at Nampally on 28th of this month. Prohibitory orders have been issued and police pickets put in place at all entry/exit points in the city.

As YSR Congress party reportedly toying with the idea of mobilising people to express solidarity with their leader, police fear law and order might go out of hand. Hyderabad police commissioner Anurag Sharma on Wednesday issued prohibitory orders preventing gathering of five or more persons under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The orders would be in force from 6 am on May 24 to 6 am on May 29. District superintendents of police (SPs) have been asked to stay alert and control mass movement of Jagan supporters to the state capital. Police have also stepped up surveillance on YSR Congress leaders.

According to sources, Jagan is likely to start from his Lotus Pond residence in Jubilee Hills and head to Dilkusha guest house to appear before CBI officers, traffic restrictions, especially to keep crowd away from Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Punjagutta, Somajiguda, Green Lands, Assembly, Upper Tank Bund and Abids, have been issued. The restrictions would be in place especially at the AP high court, Nampally courts, City Civil Court at Old City and Secunderabad Civil Court.

The orders clearly states that traffic restrictions and prohibitory orders have been put in place given the likelihood of trouble. In view of prohibitory orders, police have put up check-posts at all entry/exit points to the city, mainly from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions. Check-posts have been put in place at Malakpet, Uppal, Habsiguda, Lalapet, Amberpet, Saidabad, Santosh Nagar, Kanchanbagh, Shaikpet, Attapur, Bahadurpura and Bowenpally. The entire Raj Bhavan Road is likely to be blocked for normal vehicular movement on May 26.