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...
- Kunal Raut is Gen Secy of State Youth Congress
By Dheeraj Fartode
FIVE youths from city were arrested by Hoshangabad police for assaulting two forest officials and a toll booth employee. Those arrested include Kunal Raut, son of Employment Guarantee Scheme Minister of Maharashtra, Dr Nitin Raut.
According to police, on Wednesday, five youths - Kunal Nitin Raut (23), Sanmeet Surjeet Singh Joli (22), Antar Preet Narendra Singh Gotra (23), Swapneel Neelendra Telang (23), and Shoyab Rauf Fariq (23) - travelling in a jeep, assaulted a toll tax check post staffer at Matkuli near Pipariya. They also attacked two forest officials who tried to intervene in the matter.
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“Accused assaulted and injured Bablu Rajawat, a toll tax employee and also attacked two forest officials who were engaged in some work near the check post,” said Pipariya police.
The accused were arrested and offence under Sections 294, 323, 506, 353, 337 of Indian Penal Code has been registered at Pipariya police station.
According to sources, when stopped at the toll booth, Kunal claimed to be son of Maharashtra Minister and refused to pay toll tax. When Bablu Rajawat urged Kunal to pay toll tax, all the occupants in the jeep got furious and had altercation with Bablu. Angry over the repeated demand of the tax, they bashed up Bablu. On hearing heated argument, two forest employees, who were working nearby, rushed to the spot. They too were attacked by the youths.
Later, Kunal and others headed towards Pachmarhi. When they were returning back to Nagpur, cops deployed at the toll booth arrested them for assaulting Government employees on duty and seized their jeep.
IG Hoshangabad Range, Ajay Sharma informed ‘The Hitavada’ that stern action will be taken against the youths including Kunal, General Secretary of Maharashtra Youth Congress.
Kunal had landed in troubled waters earlier also. He was in controversies for thrashing an engineering student on parking issue in Nagpur.

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