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28 firearms, 862 NDPS Cases, Rs 7.7 Crore; Seized: Rural Police crack down hard in 2025

With the seizure of 28 illegal fire-arms and 57 cartridges, registration of 4,712 liquor cases, and a sharp rise to 862 NDPS cases , the Nagpur Rural Police delivered one of their toughest crackdowns on crime in 2025. Along with this, preventive action was taken against 2,178 accused involved in illegal activities.  Large-scale operations against crime and unlawful businesses led to seizures worth Rs 7.7 crore by the police during the year. Preventive action against  1,496  According to official records, preventive action under Section 126 of the BNSS increased sharply from 569 cases in 2024 to 1,496 cases in 2025 which marked a 163 per cent rise. Preventive actions under Section 129 BNSS also increased from 1,644 cases to 1,965 cases. Violations of preventive bonds rose from 85 cases in 2024 to 201 cases in 2025, and fines recovered through courts jumped from Rs 11,600 to Rs 23,66,200. The number of externed accused increased from 42 to 106, while detentions under the...

Crime branch nabs 5 for robbery in Sonegaon area

By Dheeraj Fartode
Crime branch sleuths on Sunday busted a gang of thieves involved in robbing an elderly woman- Shashikala Jaiswal, in Sonegaon to the tune of Rs 15 lakh including gold and cash.
Accused have been identified as Vishal Madanlal Ramteke (22), Samyak Dhnyaneshwar Gajbhiye (26), Vikas alias Vickey Mohan Rahangadhale (26), Rajesh Itwari Shahu (23), and one juvenile delinquent.
Police said that accused Vickey was driver with Jaiswal and had left job five moths ago. They got the clue when Rana Pratap Nagar police reported that said Vickey was caught by them in a vehicle theft. Crime branch conducted a raid at the residence of Vickey and nabbed him. Police said that the accused spilled the beans during interrogation and admitted about his involvement in the robbery which occurred on December 17 at Sonegaon.
It is learnt that Vickey with other four culprits had made plan to rob Shashikala Jaiswal. Three youths opened the door and entered the house. As the elderly lady was all alone at the residence, they pushed her and barged inside the bedroom where valuable were kept. Wasting no time the youths put a sticker on her mouth and tied her hands with white coloured strips. Jaiswal was frightened and couldn’t resist as the robbers threatened her with dire consequences and put her on knife-point. They had forcibly snatched keys from her and fled with 25 tola gold ornaments and Rs 4 lakh cash.
The arrest was done under the guidance of senior PI Madhav Giri. API Kadam, Anup Shahu, Rajesh Thakur, Dharmendra Sarode, Mangesh Deshmukh, Pramod Thakur and others participated in the action.

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