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...
- Accused hired six hardcore criminals of an inter-state gang from Uttar Pradesh
By Dheeraj Fartode
IN A significant breakthrough, Crime Branch sleuths arrested two members of a gang of hardcore criminals who had looted cash and jewellery collectively worth Rs 15 lakh from the bungalow of beetulnut merchant Lalit Kothari in upscale Civil Lines area on February 25.
The accused have been identified as Mushtaq Ahmed alias Bhaijaan Abdul Khalid (40), a resident Mominpura, Nagpur, and Nanbabu alias Jitendra alias Baccha Bachhulal Mourya (31), a resident Chitrakoot, Chhattisgarh. However, six other members of the gang are still at large.
Mushtaq was one of the accused persons in the sensational Lakhotia brothers douple murder case of May 2008.
It is learnt that Mushtaq got information that Lalit Kothari had kept cash and jewellery worth crores of rupees in his Civil Lines bungalow. He passed on the information to his close friend Nanbabu. He, in consultation with Nanbabu, hatched a plan to loot cash and jewellery from Kothari bungalow. Nanbabu then hired six hardcore criminals of an inter-state gang from Uttar Pradesh.
On February 24, the six dacoits arrived in the city and Mushtaq provided two motorcycles -- a Hero Honda Splendor and a Yamaha -- to them. According to the plan, the six gang members struck at Kothari’s house next day in the late evening. Kothari’s wife and daughter were at home. One of them first rang the door bell and moved away. After Kothari’s wife opened the door, nobody was at the steps. When she stepped out to find out as to who rang the bell, the dacoits gagged her. They then pushed her inside the house. After latching the door from inside, the dacoits took out guns and sharp-edged weapons. They threatened to kill Kothari’s wife and daughter if they raised an alarm. Around 8.30 pm, Kothari along with his friend returned home from Maskasath. One of them caught Kothari’s daughter and told his wife to open the door without making any noise. They also threatened her of dire consequences, if she shouted for help. The dacoits allowed Kothari and his friend to enter the house. They then caught Kothari and his friend by pointing the firearms at them. After collecting cash and jewellery from the house, the dacoits sped away on motorcycles.
Investigations revealed that the dacoits fled to Uttar Pradesh with the cash and jewellery. Mushtaq and Nanbabu allegedly got their share from the dacoits.
Mushtaq and Nanbabu were arrested by senior Inspectors Madhav Giri and Prakash Sapkal, APIs Tapan Kolhe, Mangesh Desai, Siddheshwar Jangam and Head Constable Anup Shahu under the supervision of Commissioner of Police K K Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Saxena and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sunil Kolhe.
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