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...
ALARMED by the growing incidents of smuggling of birds and wild animals in the garb of transport of chicken consignment in trains, Director General of Railway Protection Force Service (DG RPFS) has directed all units to physically check every consignment and detect false declarations.
DG RPFS Arun Kumar laid down new guidelines for the force to prevent illegal transportation of wildlife in the national transporter. “Vulnerable trains for illegal carriage of wildlife should be identified and all out efforts should be made with intensive and sustained action,” stated DGP Kumar.
“Railway has been used for illegal transportation of wildlife. RPFS made several recoveries of such wildlife and handed them over to concerned agencies,” he stated in his recently issued circular to all RPFS units across the country.
In his guidelines, Arun Kumar stated that no consignment of birds or any wild animals including rabbit should be accepted unless the consigner and consignee furnish a joint statement duly signed by them and containing an elaborate and accurate description of each birds and animals.
Besides other necessary documents required, no consignment of birds or any wild animals including rabbits should be accepted unless a certificate issued from the authorised officers including Chief Wildlife Wardens or district Animal Husbandry Officer, or as per designated officer/office of the concern state.
The consignor of such birds and wild animals including rabbits will present all the relevant documents to Assistant Commercial Manager (ACM) of the concerned division for scrutiny/authorisation.
He further added that non-consignment of birds or any wild animals including rabbits will be accepted for booking by any Parcel Officer or Goods Shed unless clear authorisation is received from the ACM of concerned division.
Each case of such booking authorised by ACM will be serially documented and records in respect thereof maintained by the office of ACM as also the Chief Parcel Clerk/Chief Goods Clerk of the Parcel Office/Goods Shed. The DG RPF also asked that the mandatory conditions for receiving, forwarding, carrying or delivering for carriage of birds and animals should be paste and published at all Railway Stations and other places.

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