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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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Rural police cracks whip on illegal sand excavators, seize eight trucks

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More than 100 trucks seized during last four months for transporting illegally excavated sand


By Dheeraj Fartode
Continuing its crackdown on illegal excavation and transportation of sand in district, Nagpur Rural Police on Sunday seized eight trucks from Ramadongri and Sahuli sand ghats. The police have also arrested eight persons who were on board the trucks.

Local Crime Branch (LCB) raided the sand ghats during wee hours of Sunday. Sand was being excavated and the cops cordoned off the area and seized the trucks. The accused are identified as Gautam Udaram Borkar (35), a resident of Khairpanjab; Salman Khan Sayyad Khan (23), Siddharth Mahadev Bapne (40), both residents of Nagpur and Sukhdev Antu Uikey (40), a resident of Ramdongri. The cops have seized 9 brass of sand that illegally excavated and filled in the trucks. Khapa police have registered the case under sections 379, 109 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.
LCB teams raids ghats and bust gangs
involved in illegally excavating sand
In an another raid, another team of LCB swooped at the sand ghat in Sahuli village at 5.45 am and seized four trucks. The cops have recovered six brass sand from the trucks here.  Cops arrested four truck drivers identified as Krishna Kothiram Khandate (20), a resident of Bhanegaon; Kirpal Baliram Nagre, Anil Baban Sindurkar, both residents of Binasangam, Pradip Chunnilal Khobragade , a resident of Kalafata. Parsheoni police have registered the case under sections 379, 109, 511 and 34 of IPC. 

Superintendent of Police (SP) Dr Aarti Singh said that the action would continue against illegal excavation and transportation of sand in the district. Many sand mafias are already put behind bar as police try to bust the organised gangs. District police she said have seized more than 100 trucks that was being used for transporting the illegally excavated sand and other minor minerals during last four months. 

Staff of LCB led by Police Inspector Jayesh Bhandarkar, API Dinesh Labde and staff comprising Moreshwar Nagpure, Pramod Bansod, Madan Asatkar, Dilip Lanjewar, Avinash Raut, Suresh Gate and Vasanta Chute carried out the raids.
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