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...
Sitabuldi police booked a man for posing as a police inspector from Mumbai Crime Branch and threatening and extorting money from proprietor of Batukbahi jeweler Nagpur.
The accused has been identified as Nishant Parmar (32), a resident of Shanti Nagar, Dahisar, Mumbai. According to information, complainant in the case -- proprietor of Batukbhai jewelers Bharat Jamchand Seth (53), a resident of Flat No. 403, Heritage Apartment, Civil Lines -- received a phone call on March 22. The caller (Parmar) introduced himself as Police Inspector Rathod attached to Mumbai Crime Branch.
During conversation, PI Rathod accused Bharat of purchasing stolen valuables from a woman thief. “A woman has been arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch and she had given a statement that she had sold the stolen valuables in Batukbhai Jewelers, Nagpur,” PI Rathod told Bharat on phone.
The Inspector later asked the jeweler to hand over Rs 2.5 lakh as the recovery value of the said stolen jewelry or else he would implicate him. Fearing of police action, Bharat assured Parmar of depositing the cash in Mumbai. Bharat approached his one Mumbai based relative and asked them to hand over Rs 2.5 lakh to PI Rathod at Bandra Court. After getting the cash, the PI Rathod again phone Bharat asked him to deposit 50 gm of gold get back the cash. On the basis of directions of Bharat, a man met PI Rathod at Bandra Court and given him gold ornaments of 50 gm. PI Rathod assured him to return the money and disappear in the public.
Sitabuldi police have registered the case under Sections 170, 419, 420 of Indian Penal Code. Investigation officer of the case PSI M P Puri informed that the accused has been arrested by the Tehsil police on production warrant from Beed police. He was arrested previously by the Mumbai police in cases of chain-snatching, mobile theft and cheating. He is a habitual offender who has threatened jewelers in the past too and extorted money from them. In these cases too, he would pose as a PI from Pune or Mumbai Crime Branch.
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