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...
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| Crime against women |
Growing graph of crime against women and shocking instances of molestation and sexual assault reveals how perverts are emboldened to indulge in such lecherous acts
By Dheeraj Fartode
Behind serene atmosphere of the Orange city, now being looked on as a prospective growth centre, the crime statistics seem to reveal a sinister and dark side. The new year, 2013, may have began on ominous note because in first three months there is a whopping 87 per cent rise in crime against women in second capital of Maharashtra.
The graph showing crime against women is heading Northwards which should be matter of concern for one and all who loves Nagpur, more famous for its quite and cosmopolitan culture. But police statistics, if taken at its face value, indicates that, cases of molestation and rape have zoomed upwards. This is more shocking when one peeps deep into crime figures and finds that in bygone year 2012 the crime against women appeared to be downslide. Hence the sudden upsurge seems shocking.
As per the data collated from city police, 71 cases of sexual assault on women were reported in the first quarter of the year.
According to Additional Commissioner of Police (Retd.) Babasaheb Kangale, on one hand one can say that fear of law is on wane among the criminals. For this faster trials and enhancement in punishment in crime against women can rectify the situation to a greater extent.
But if studied deeply, it seems the reporting of crime against women and its registration has increased. Now, every crime against women is registered without preliminary inquiry. Hence this gets reflected in ballooning figures of criminal assaults on woman in particular. Before jumping to any conclusions one should go deeper into these issues, Kangale opined.
Social activist Dr Seema Sakhre, however, said, the rise in cases against crime means one needs to introspect and admit that Nagpur too is following in footsteps of big bad metropolitan cities. Law enforcement agencies have utterly failed to establish rule of law and the respect for law is diminishing in society. Accused are outraging modesty of teenagers at will and the fact they are let out easily for want of evidence or faulty chargesheets seems to have emboldened them. She also castigated the police force saying, the men in uniform are not at all sensitive about modesty of women.
The Hitavada tried to get a line from Commissioner of Police K K Pathak on the matter. However repeated attempts failed to materialise as he preferred to remain silent on the matter.
Cases registered under sections 354 and 376 of IPC in Nagpur
2011 2012 2013
Sec 354 27 21 51
Sec 376 13 17 20
Total 40 38 71
(Above data is between January and March)
(Sec 354 of IPC for molestation and Sec 376 for rape)
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