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

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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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Finally, Maharashtra Government announce transfers of top police officers

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  • Dr Arti Singh to be new chief of Nagpur Rural Police while Ravindra Kadam would be Spl. IGP Nagpur Range
  • Four new senior officers from city shifted as State Government complies with directives of Election Commission

By Dheeraj Fartode
Maharashtra Government enacted a major re-shuffle in the Police Department on Saturday on the last day of the deadline set by the Election Commission. In one stroke, State Government cleared the year long wait for promotions along with transfers, that took into account the norms which stated that police officers who had completed three year in a particular district during the past four year or those who would be completing three years on or before May 31 should be moved out of that place.
IG Ravindra Kadam

The orders issued by Government covered 86 senior officers, Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP), 494 Police Inspectors (PIs), 384 Assistant Police Inspectors (APIs). As to Nagpur, Additional Commissioner of Police (South Region) Anant Shinde has been promoted to Special Inspector General of Police (Spl. IGP) and posted to Crime Investigation Department, Pune (Vacant post). Superintendent of Police (SP) Ratnagiri, Deepak Pandey, to got promotion as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and replaces Shinde. 

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP-Zone-I) Kailash Kanse is shifted to Bhandara, his first independent posting. Wardha SP Avinash Kumar and DCP (Pune City) R L Pokale are posted to Nagpur Commissionerate.
SP Dr Aarti Singh
Special Inspector General (Spl. IGP) Rajinder Singh has been shifted to Aurangabad as Commissioner of Police. In his place, DIG (Gadchiroli Range) Ravindra Kadam is coming on promotion. Kadam would looked after additional charge of Gadchiroli Range where he has done splendid work.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhandara Dr Aarti Singh would take over reins of Nagpur Rural police force from Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma who is shifted to Kolhapur (Rural). Police officers who are posted in non-executive departments like computerisation, special branch training are not covered by Election Commission directives.

23 PI s and 47 APIs transferred from city 

State Police Service (SPS) officers transferred from city are PI Sakkardara-Suraj Bandgar, Hudkeshwar PI-Wasudev Wandhare, PI (II) Hudkeshwar -Suresh Shinde, Sadar PI-Rajratan Bansod, PI (II) Kotwali-Chandrakant Nalawade, PI Panchpaoli-Prakash Bele, PI Lakadganj-Arvind Parulekar, PI Tehsil-Pramod Makeshwar, PI Yashodhara Nagar-Murlidhar Burade, PI Kalamna-Sampat Chavan, PI Sonegaon-Pandurang Thombare, PI Special Branch-Chandrasen Deshmukh, PI Imambada-Kishore Nagrale, PI (II) Lakadganj-Vijay Akot, PI Dhantoli-Maroti Shende, PI SB-Appasaheb Lengare, Chakshupal Bahadure, PI Koradi-Bhausaheb Gaikar, PI Nandanvan- Pravin Wadile, Suraj Padwi, PI MIDC-Motiram Bodkhe, PI Wadi- Rajendra Tayde, PI Imambada-Anil Choudhary.  47 Assistant Police Inspectors (APIs) of city police were also transferred from city. 

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