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

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...

Mystery deepens in Timki double murder, suicide case

THE double murder by a woman in Timki on Friday got mysterious with police confirming that the five-year-old boy brutally killed by Manisha Kushwah (25) was not her son. 

In the wee hours of Friday, Manisha had killed her husband Sarwar Alam alias Mohammad Ali Mohammad Harun (35) and Dadu (5) by slitting their throats with a sharp-edged knife before committing suicide in their rented house near Timki Police Chowky.

On Saturday there was a new twist to the case when Manisha’s sister confirmed to the cops on telephone that the boy, Dadu (5) was her own son.

After collecting call data records of the cellphones found in Sarwar Alam’s house and suicide note left by Manisha, cops contacted the relatives of the deceased in Kanpur and informed them about the incident. On Friday night, the relatives of the deceased told police that they would be reaching Nagpur on Saturday. Surprisingly, none arrived so far to claim the bodies.

When investigators tried to contact the relatives again their cellphones were switched off. “Why did Manisha kill her husband and her sister’s son and her own husband, this is the basic question troubling our minds. We want to find out the motive as parents of Manisha and Sarwar Alam had lodged missing complaints with Kanpur Police,” a senior police officer told ‘The Hitavada.’

The suicide note in a notebook left by Manisha and video cliping found in their cellphone, too, were not of any help to find out the motive. The officer said that the matter would be cleared only after family members or relatives of the deceased come to Nagpur.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Sarwar Alam alias Mohammad Ali and Manisha were from different religions. They allegedly had an affair. Following strong opposition from their parents to their marriage, they allegedly ran away from Kanpur. A missing complaint was registered by their family members with Kanpur Police on March 7, 2013. They started staying in a rented house in Timki for the past 8-9 months. Investigators are now trying to find out as why Manisha brought her sister’s son Dadu with her. Manisha slit the throats of Sarwar Alam and Dadu and then committed suicide by hanging in their rented house.

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