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...
24-10-19
Film Director and producer Vipul Shah and his partner in the film production company were duped by fraudsters to the tune of Rs five crore. The fruadsters assured investment of Rs 100 crore in their upcoming movies and told him that they were making money through old coins of British era, saying that the coin minted from Iridium, a precious metal, had some supernatural powers.
The accused have been identified as Rajsingh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand; Builder Keshav D Padole, a resident of Nirmal Puja Building, Shivaji Nagar and R. Krishnakumar, a resident of Chennai.
Vipul Shah and his partner Vinit Ramlalprasad Singh (41), a resident of Flat No. 802, Brmhasan City, Building No. 6, Wadgaon, Pune lodged a complaint with EoW this month.
The accused met Shah and Singh at Nagpur in thier office and promised investment in their upcoming movies. Padole posed himself as Chairman of Builder Association of India and told the victims that he had license of providing super antique articles to government while Rajesh Kumar Singh identified himself as senior officer in defence. Revealing their business model, the accused told Shah that they were searching for British era coins and super antique materials containing iridium contents which have supernatural powers. They also claimed the victims that they were making hundreds of crore through the business.
When Shah and Singh agreed to work with them, the accused asked them that they would have to come with them anywhere in the country to get the coins. In the search of iridium, the fraudsters took Shah and Singh at Nagpur, Bhuwneshwar, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Hubali, Khamgaon, Mhau, Ghosi, Gorakhpur, Orissa, Chennai, Kathmandu, Banaras and other place between 2010 and 2017. The victims had spent more than Rs five crore for the trips.
After realising the fraud, Shah and Singh approached the police and lodged a complaint. An offence under Sections 420, 419, 406, 465, 467, 468, 471, 472, 120 (b) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused at Ambazari police station. API Rajendra Patil is investigatin the case.
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