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...
- Dacoits tied hands of workers with handcuffs
- Stuffed cash in four bags and fled
- CCTV footag seized by police
By Dheeraj FartodeIn a day-light dacoity, six masked dacoits looted Rs 39 lakh cash from a courier office on the gun point at Anaaj Bazaar just 50 feet away from Police post of Lakadganj police station on Friday. The accused barged in the office and tied hands of workers and office owner with handcuffs and fled by stuffing the cash in four bags. Police said that the scared by dacoity, the office owner firsts close down shutter of the office, went to unknown place and then approached to the police station.
According to police, Santosh Kumar Patel along with four workers were counting money at Umesh Courier Service, at Anaaz Bazaar. The accused, who well aware about money present in the office, parked their vehicle 100 feets away from the office and entered at around 4.30 pm. They first threatened the Santosh and workers on the gun point and tied their hands with handcuffs. The dacoits stuffed all money in their four blacks bags. In search of more money, the accused also ransacked the office. When they did not get more, the dacoits fled away from the spot.
Owner of the courier office raise an alarm after 15 minutes. Neighbors arrived in the spot and opened handcuffs. Santosh went into after the dacoity. He asked the workers to leave for their home and himself went away to unknown place. After realising to lodge a police complaint, he went to police station and lodge a complaint. However, no police officer is ready to talk about the money was accountable or not.
Senior police officers including Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena, Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region) Shrikant Tarwade, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-III) Sanjay Darade were rushed to the spot and taken review of the dacoity.
Ad CP Tarwade told ‘The Hitavada’ that the police have recovered CCTV footage of the dacoity and launched manhunt for arrest of the accused.
Lakadganj police have registered the case under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code read with relevant sections of Indian Arms Act.
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