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Nagpur CP Amitesh Kumar Seventeen robberies within a span of nine days shows an alarming rise in street crime which has shaken the city police. With the onset of monsoon, the crime graph in the city normally tends to nose dive. All of sudden the robbers are on a looting spree indicating the loosening grip of the law and enforcement agency. According to statistics of Nagpur police, a whooping 17 robberies were reported between August 1 to 9. In July and June, the city police registered 13 and 4 robbery cases respectively. In these 19 robbery cases, the victims were pedestrians or travelling on the two-wheelers and targeted by the robbers on the busy streets.  Despite round the clock surveillance of 3,200 CCTV cameras, the robbers could still escape to their destination. Bajaj Nagar, Gittikhadan, Hudkeshwar, Sitabuldi, Nandanvan and Pardi are the most affected police stations from where this daring loots were reported. Not only the streets have become unsafe, the robbers are striking...

Nagpur Police which is drawing flak from all corners for spurt in street crimes also suffered another ignominy as the conviction rate of murder cases in recent years has dropped alarmingly. The fall in conviction rate exposes the tall claim of senior police officials about keeping crime and criminals under control. Shoddy investigation, faulty chargesheets and backtracking of witnesses were the prime reason for drop in conviction rate. Nagpur police have been able to punish on an average only 27 out of 100 murder accused. In 2016, the then Chief Minister and now Dy CM of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, had directed the Nagpur police officials to improve the conviction to put a check on emboldened criminals. However, the investigation machinery of the Commissionerate miserably failed to achieve the goal in the past one-and-a-half-years. CP Amitesh Kumar As per the statistics, the court upheld prosecution's story in only eight cases from 71 that were decided in 2017 resulting in just...

FOR the first time in living memory, not a single murder case was reported in Nagpur city for the entire February month. For a city, criticised as the ‘crime capital’ of Maharashtra for high number of violent crimes just a few years ago, the development has come has a big booster in its image building. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar attributed the success to the hard work of police personnel. “Identifying criminals and targeting them with preventive action, intensified patrolling, total closure of illegal activities, continuous checking of criminals on record are some of the efforts that have borne fruits,” he said. The result was the impact of the continuous deterrent policing over the years, Kumar added.   Though February month reported zero murder cases, the impact of crime prevention tactics was evident from December last year. As per statistics, Nagpur city witnesses six to seven murders every month. However, drop in murder cases was observed from December 2021 (fiv...

Nagpur CP Amitesh Kumar Eleven people were murdered and 23 persons were robbed on the streets in Nagpur, and all this in the space of one month. Tight policing done during the last few months came to naught at the end of the financial year. After witnessing zero murder cases in February, the spurt in body offences and street crimes in March was a wake-up call for the Nagpur police. When not a single murder had taken place in February, the police officials had attributed the success to the hard work of police personnel and stern preventive action initiated against anti-social elements. In contrast, the police bosses are not finding fault at field level for the 11 murders reported last month. “Not a single murder was preventable. Neither the victim nor the accused had earlier approached the police, nor were there any indication of any rivalry. We have gone through the records and not even a non-cognisable (NC) offence was registered against any party related to the murders,” stated a top...

Traffic Jams rule the street in Nagpur! Although multi million rupees are poured into upgrading the infrastructure in the city, the fruits of development are nowhere to be seen. Citizens are wondering where the massive development push has gone as day in and day out they are finding themselves stuck in traffic snarls. The traffic snarls are not limited to one or two spots but almost 36 areas are identified in a survey carried out by Nagpur City Police. So the slogans of changing Nagpur for a better tomorrow that were on since last few years seems to have evaporated in air. Citizens have to bear with severe inconvenience and with every passing day, more the development more the trouble is on cards. From the past one year the situation on city roads has gone from bad to worse. Despite the road widening work, construction of new roads, over-bridges and almost completed metro rail work, vehicular traffic still cannot flow freely as was envisaged. Top police officials are yet to find a reme...

CONSTRUCTION work of 700-metre-long cable-stayed bridge, longest in the country, with a viewing gallery at the top at Ambhora in Kuhi tehsil is near completion. The bridge would be open for traffic in December this year providing a major boost to tourism at Shree Chaitanyeshwar Mahadev temple at Ambhora. It is set to open doors of development for the backward area of Kuhi and Umred tehsil. Ambhora, located 75 km from Nagpur city, is a famous religious and tourist place in Vidarbha. It is situated at the confluence of five rivers -- Wainganga, Kanhan, Aam, Kolari and Murza. Just around a decade ago the river bank housing Ambhora used to see a flux of tourists from all over the State. However, the banks were submerged in water after the construction of Gosikhurd dam which led to rise in water levels. Since then, tourist flow at Ambhora has also declined. However, now with the construction of the new bridge tourists will get a chance see the scenic backwaters across the river bed which is...

A ‘BLACK magic removing practice’ on a five-year-old girl went horribly wrong and led to the kid’s death in Subhash Nagar, on Saturday. Three persons including parents of the girl were arrested by Rana Pratap Nagar police on murder charges. The incident took place in the wee hours of Saturday when the parents and aunt of the girl tried some ‘black magic removing rituals’ at their home on the girl. She was allegedly tortured by the three during the practice to ‘drive away evil forces’ from the girl, police officials said. The arrested accused have been identified as Siddharth Chimne (45), his wife Ranjana (42) and sister-in-law Priya Bansod (32), all residents of Subhash Nagar, according to DCP (Detection) Chinmay Pandit. Siddharth is vice-president of ‘Gaon Maajha’ you tube channel. Shockingly, the accused even filmed the video of the girl when they tortured her mercilessly for the entire night. She was badly beaten, slapped and hit by the accused. The girl was crying loudly when the a...

WITH an aim to provide uninterrupted power supply to Nagpurians, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system will be set up in Nagpur that would automatically control the power supply to 13.90 lakh consumers of MSEDCL. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Rs 229 crore has been proposed by Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) to set up SCADA in Nagpur under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) of Rs 39,602 crore. A top official of MSEDCL Nagpur informed ‘The Hitavada’ that MSEDCL Nagpur was supplying power to its consumers through 16 sub-divisions and 476 feeders (power supply lines). The SCADA is a computerised system that controls power supply to sub-stations and feeders. After interconnecting all sub-stations and feeders through the system, if power supply to one area trips due to any fault, the system would automatically connect power to the affected area from another functioning sub-station. The action would be done within a fraction of se...

A man was murdered by a 20-year-old youth, who was said to be in a one-sided love affair with the former’s teenage daughter in Gittikhadan area on Sunday. Angry over the murder, the locals gheroed the police station and demanded justice to the victim.  The police have arrested Balram Manoj Pandey (20), a resident of Surendragarh, for killing Narayanprasad Gayaprasad Dwivedi (35), a resident of Surendragarh. According to police, Narayan was operating a food stall at Nagpur railway station and living in a rented accomodation of Pandey family for past 10 years Narayan's 16-year-old daughter studies in class 10th. Balaram used to follow the girl on her way to school for the past one year. He was even flirting with her everyday. The girl narrated the incident to her mother Anu who promptly alerted Narayan. As a result, Narayan scolded Balaram and complained to his parents about his behaviour. Balram's father Manoj reportedly assured Narayan that Balram would not do any such wrong th...