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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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COVID-19 : Maha Cyber registers 36 FIRs for spreading fake news

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Tightening noose against fake news spreaders on social media, the Maharashtra cyber have registered 36 First Investigation Reports (FIRs). Of them, 20 FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on WhatsApp alone showing the platform is more popular among the rumour mongers leaving behind Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has recently instructed State police and Maharashtra Cyber to initiate stringent action against rumour mongers so that people would not be scared through such fake news.
Maharashtra Cyber on Saturday released statistics about spread of fake news and action taken by the state police. As per the report, three FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on Facebook while two were registered for tweeting fake news on Twitter. One was registered against Tik Tok user and 10 cases registered against users of other platforms. 
Balsingh Rajput, Superintendent of Police (SP), Maharashtra Cyber, said that the FIRs were registered after receiving complaints from citizens. “These FIRs were especially registered for spreading face news about coronavirus by rumour mongers,” he said. After receiving the complaints, immediate investigation was conducted by the Maharashtra cyber, he added. 
According to statistics, highest five FIRs were registered by Beed cyber police, followed by Kolhapur cyber police with four cases, three each by Bhandara, Gondia and Nanded cyber police. Nagpur, Akola, Chandrapur, Wardha, Solapur, Nashik and Sangli cyber police have registered one FIR each so far. 
It may be mentioned here that Dr. Dilip Pandharpatte, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Maharashtra Cyber, issued an advisory to all police units recently. “Malicious element are spreading fake news and vicious rumours regarding COVID-19 pandemic on on-line communication including channel, internet and social media causing panic, commit crime and disturb the public order in the State,” stated the IGP in the advisory and added that it was the duty of every citizen to be responsible with what they share on social media. 
“If it comes to your notice about any person/organisation involved in spreading/creating/publishing rumours/fake news or misinformation on any forms of media or messaging platform, report it to the nearest police station/cyber police station or lodge complaint at www.cybercrime.gov.in,” said SP Dr. Rajput.

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