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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Senior officers of Kanhan police station pacifying Shiv Sena activist after the incident on Saturday evening. |
By Dheeraj Fartode
Angry Shiv Sena activists on Saturday beat up accused in 6-year-old girl rape case and blackened his face in Kanhan police station premises. The incident took place when cops were returned to police station after producing the accused in the court.Police personnel stated that Shiv Sena activists along with Deputy District Chief (Women’s Cell) Shubhangi Ghogle were hiding near Mahatma Gandhi statue at police station, when the accused was brought to the police station in a jeep. The accused is Rakesh alias Chakradhar Jagoji Bele (27), a resident of Tekadi village.
When police vehicle arrived at the police station, the activists raised slogans against the accused and pulled him from poilce possession. The activists then beat him and blackened his face. Sudden attack of Shiv Sena activists shocked the police officers. Traffic in-charge of Kanhan police Sachin Shripad intervened and pushed the accused in police vehicle. Shripad also raised all window glassed to prevent further injury to the accused. However, the irate activists then tried to smash window glasses of the vehicle. Staff of police station also rushed to the spot and took the accused inside the police station. A large number of villagers gathered near the police station after the incident.
Quick Response Team (QRT) was deployed in Kanhan area after the incident. Police Inspector Ashok Bagul was present at the police station when the incident occurred, it was learnt.
Earlier, cops produced the accused before magisterial court, Nagpur and got police custody remand till May 8.
The accused had sexually exploited a six-year-old girl when she had come to attend a marriage ceremony in Kanhan along with her parents on Friday. The girl was playing with other kids in the hall. Meanwhile, the accused arrived in the hall and took the girl to first floor by promising her ice-cream. The accused sexually exploited the girl and fled away. The accused was caught in the evening with the help of CCTV footage.

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