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City police to have new zone for upcoming police stations  By Dheeraj Fartode A massive exercise to reorganise jurisdiction of Nagpur Police Commissionerate, including constitution of a new zone after addition of three police stations from Nagpur Rural Police, has been undertaken by the city police. Commissioner of Police (CP) Sharda Prasad Yadav has directed officers to study the crime scenario and suggest modalities for demarcation of zones so that an effective policing can be carried out in the Commissionerate. After studying the pros and cons final proposal will be put-up before Director General of Police (DGP) for approval from State Government, it is learnt. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP Detection) Ranjan Kumar Sharma told The Hitavada on Tuesday that the zones would reorganised after observing type of crime and population ratio. The three police stations -- Kamptee, Old Kamptee and Hingna, hitherto under Nagpur Rural Police, are now merged in the Nagpur Pol...

By Dheeraj Fartode Sonegaon Police booked six directors of Vidarbha Bottlers Pvt Ltd for Value Added Tax (VAT) evasion worth Rs 17.49 crore. The firm deals in production of country liquor. The company duped Department of Sales Tax by showing nil liability for 2013-14 and 2014-15. On the contrary, the company was sold manufacture country liquor and earned profits.  The accused are identified as Amrish Suresh Jaiswal, Sanju Suresh Jaiswal, Suresh Bhayyalal Jaiswal, all are residents of Chhaya Vila, 14-C, Dhantoli; Vaibhav Jaiswal, Vishal Jaiswal, Devilal Jaiswal, all are residents of Ram Nagar.  A senior officer of Sonegaon police station informed that the company had showed decreasing sale in financial year 2011-12 and 2011-13 and nil since in year 2013-14 and 2014-15 in returns filed at the department. The fraud came to fore when the returns were cross checked by the department with State Excise Department.  It can be mentioned that a Sub-Inspector level officer...

All police stations, offices of senior officers and other branches to receive water from centralised plant that would have state of art technology to weed out impurities By Dheeraj Fartode Now, police to sell water in city! Sounds baffling, but the idea has taken shape and an Rs. 35 lakh bottling plant is in offing at office of Commissioner of Police. A water purification plant having capacity of 1.20 lakh litres per day is planned that will cater to requirement of commissionerate. The plan is to supply water to all police station, offices of senior officers and other units of city police through the central bottling plant. The Commisionerate has sent the proposal for approval to office of Director General of Police, Maharashtra. The idea is said to be brainchild of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP Detection) Ranjan Kumar Sharma. DCP Sharma told The Hitavada, all police establishment including Police Stations, Offices of ACPs, DCPs, Addl CPs and all branches would rece...

DB squad of Ajni Police Station under fire for shoddy investigation style  By Dheeraj Fartode Investigation skills of Ajni police are under scanner as they have failed to trace the accused involved in murder of Vinaychandra Ganvir alias Pappu. Nine days have passed after Ganvir was stabbed to death outside notorious Laxmi Bar at Medical Square on March 11. But till date the police have failed to make any headway in the investigations.  The cops claimed to have interrogated more than forty to sixty history-sheeters known to have base in the area but still concrete lead eludes them. Sources informed that the four accused in the murder case were captured in the CCTV footage and pictures of two of them were clear but still Detection Branch (DB) squad could not pinpoint the accused persons. The pictures have been circulated throughout the city police jurisdiction but no one could identity the two youth seen stabbing Ganvir. Sources further informed that DB squad of Ajn...

By Dheeraj Fartode Alarmed by violent tendencies displayed by a staffer in Skylark hotel firing case, the City police has decided to check antedencents of all employees working at hotels, shops, restaurants and malls.  Joint Commissioner of Police (Joint CP) Rajvardhan on Thursday conducted a meeting of all Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) and ordered them to check whether any criminal is working at any of these places?  A senior police officer informed The Hitavada, Skylark firing case has raised eyebrows of senior police officers. It also revealed the unpleasant truth of many criminals covertly or overtly working with many of the commercial establishments and some anti-socials disguising as employees are also carrying unlicenced guns. Sensing a grave danger to public peace and tranquility, Nagpur Police have decided to scan all employees. Most of these establishments witness high attrition rates and many novices and unknown persons are offered the jobs direc...

Victim in firing case succumbed to the injuries on Thursday  By Dheeraj Fartode Tehsil police on Thursday arrested accused in the Sylark firing case from Amravati. “Accused Ramjan Shaha, a resident of Motibagh fled the city on Monday and was hiding at his relative’s house under the jurisdiction of Nagpuri Gate Police Station of Amravati,” informed Spokesperson of Nagpur City Police and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP Detection) Ranjan Kumar Sharma. However, cops are yet to know about exact reason behind the firing. Meanwhile,  victim Vivek Ratan Jain (42), a resident of TV Tower area, succumbed to bullet injuries on Thursday afternoon.  DCP Sharma further stated that the accused was taken to the city at 4 pm. If believe to the statement of accused Ramjan, the firing was unintentional. The trigger was accidentally pressed during fun.  Police Inspector of Tehsil Police Station S V Khandekar said that Ramjan is notorious goon. Body offences are regi...

In a letter, DGP asked officials not to grant licences in a hurry as government is bringing up a new legislation By Dheeraj Fartode Hopes of bar owners in Maharashtra of getting licenses to restart lucrative business of staging dances of bar girls have been halted following  a clear directive from office of Director General of Police (DGP) to put on hold all applications or at best adopt go slow approach.  The DGP has directed field units not to process applications for license as of now since Maharashtra Government is coming-up with new legislation to ban dance performances by bar girls. Meanwhile, six bar owners in second capital have applied to Nagpur Police, seeking license to stage performance of female dance troupes. Dance bar in city could never pick momentum after a spate of raids in 2001 by then DCP Sanjay Kumar and DCP Kulwant Kumar under the leadership of then Commissioner of Police Omprakash Bali after the High Court had asked the cops to take stern act...

NMC to decide line on action on Monday By Dheeraj Fartode A BUILDER has allegedly developed a lay-out on the land belonging to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in Mouza Tarodi Khurd in Bidgaon village. Plots on the lay-out have already been sold to more than 800 persons. The NMC land was reserved for sewage treatment plant. Rattled by this fraud the NMC official will now decide their line of action after visiting the spot on Monday. “We will scan entire documents including sale deeds and then decide future course of action,” a senior NMC official informed ‘The Hitavada’. “NMC had time and again written to Kamptee Tehsildar in last 10 years for title change. However, the Tehsildar did not respond,” said the official. NMC will also check involvement of government official in the fraud. Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has asked Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar to take tough action in the case. The land was acquired way back in 1964-65 for setti...

City police book 10th gang under MCOCA By Dheeraj Fartode Continuing the use of its most dreaded weapon -- Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) -- the City Police on Saturday slapped MCOCA against one more gang and put five people behind bars for their criminal activities. This is the 10th gang of criminals booked under MCOCA in last six months. Additional Commissioner of Police Shrikant Tarwade approved the use of MCOCA against Sayyad Firoz Sayyad Noor (33), Sayyad Naushad Sayyad Kalim (21), Raja Abdul Gaffar (24), all residents of Goa Colony; Raju Bilmoha Chourasiya (46), a resident of Mangalwari Bazar; Rakesh alias Nikki Ashok Gedam (34), a resident of Patankar Square, near Sanyog Nagar Buddha Vihar. The accused were produced in the court on Saturday and the vacation court sent them to two days’ MCR. The accused would be produced in the MCOCA court on Monday where cops will demand their police custody. Addressing a press conference, Deputy Commissi...

By Dheeraj Fartode  Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held an impromptu meeting with top officials of Maharashtra Police and intelligence departments against backdrop of sneaking of terrorists through Gujarat. With Mahashivratri slated for Monday, which is celebrated throughout the State in a big way, this high-level meeting assumes significance. The meeting discussed the inputs received from Centre and assessed the current situation in Maharashtra and threat perceptions. Post meeting, State Police ordered its all units to be prepared for any emergency action. Especially in Mumbai and Nagpur there is heightened security and systematic checks are being conducted to send home the right message. Sources informed that Chief Minister scanned all intelligence inputs during the meeting and discuss the position of State Police at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur cities. All necessary measures should be taken, there is nothing to worry,” said a top-level police officer. After the meetin...

City police distributed mobile phones and tablets to all Sr Police Inspectors to strengthen people-police relation By Dheeraj Fartode GIVING thrust to strengthening people-police relation through social networking, the Nagpur City Police have distributed smartphones and tablets to all Senior Police Inspectors of City Police Stations, on Saturday. Getting real time intelligence of happenings from citizens is another goal of the system which is the brainchild of Commissioner of Police (CP) Sharda Prasad Yadav.  Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule distributed the gadgets to all Police Inspectors and applauded City Police for ensuring sense of security among the citizens. “Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is happy with functioning of Nagpur Police Commissionerate. You have developed a sense of security among the citizens,” said Bawankule while addressing the officers.  Bawankule further said that the novel initiative to connect people through WhatsApp would...

There will be a string of offices spread over 1.19 lakh sq.ft Big achievement of my tenure, says Nagpur CP S P Yadav  By Dheeraj Fartode After a wait of endless years, Nagpur Police Commissionerate is going to get a new hi-tech office complex in Civil Lines area. Maharashtra Government granted approval for construction of a new office of Commssionerate during a meeting held in Mumbai. As per plan, there will be a string of offices spread over 1.19 lakh sq.ft. and they will come-up behind the existing building housing the office of Commissioner of Police. State Home Department has approved a budget of Rs. 32 crores, said  Commissioner of Police Sharda Prasad Yadav while talking to The Hitavada on Friday. On Wednesday Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule had taken a meeting regarding the law and order situation and pending projects of police department at Mumbai. Additional Chief Secretary (ACS Home) K P Bakshi, Finance Secretary, Secretary of Urban Developme...

The drive will continue for unlimited time period, said DCP Traffic Bharat Tangde  By Dheeraj Fartode Stepping-up its drive to enforce wearing of helmets, Traffic Control Branch on Tuesday challaned 7,110 two-wheeler riders across the city. A cursory look however revealed that citizens have finally adopted to helmets in city. However many of the two wheeler riders are still to overcome the phobia associated with helmets as today also high number of violators were netted by traffic cops. Citizens are responding positively and the drive would be continue for safety of citizens for unlimited time period,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP Traffic) Bharat Tangde said while talking to The Hitavada.  Traffic constable signaling a two-wheeler rider to stop for not wearing helmet.  According to information, South branch of Traffic Control Branch intercepted maximum 1,445 two-wheeler riders, followed by 1409 by MIDC, 1208 by North, 1054 by Indora, 1031 b...

By Dheeraj Fartode The Traffic Control Branch is ready for action to enforce wearing of helmets for two-wheeler riders. “All personnel of the branch would conduct the compulsory wearing helmet drive across the city for unlimited time period so that people could wear the helmet for their self protection,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP Traffic) Bharat Tangde.  Earlier, the drive was launched from February 7, 2016 and more than 7,000 bike-riders were challaned in a single day for not wearing protective headgear. It also evoked sharp public reaction and looking at the shortage of quality helmets, the drive was temporarily stopped. Though many people have started wearing helmets during intervening period, a large majority is yet to purchase helmets.  The drive is expected to be conducted in same force as the DCP (Traffic) has strictly directed all traffic policemen not to spare anyone for not wearing helmet. “Wearing helmet could save a precious human life and p...