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Traffic cops swap zonal teams during special drive to punish errant riders

With an aim to rigorously implement special drive against errant riders, City Traffic Police has adopted a new mechanism of swapping police personnel among its eight zones. The idea is to increase effectiveness of concentrated action and special drives and instill discipline among rule violators. A police officer said that lower rung cops used to develop friendly relations with locals including autorickshaw drivers due to working in one particular area for longer period. Such repeat offenders used have ‘connections’ within police rank and politicians. These persons are nuisance for the police staff as they always call their bosses whenever one tried to penalise them for violation of rules. This interference and pressure from politicians used to put pressure on on-duty staff affecting streamlining of traffic and issuance of challan. In many cases, autorickshaw drivers and illegal passenger transport vehicles get the benefits of ‘good relations’ with the police officials. This wa...

Married woman elopes with boyfriend in front of hubby

A married woman eloped with her boyfriend as her husband was left watching in disbelief at Ganeshpeth Bus Terminus on Sunday. The hapless husband then went rushing to police station and sought help. The police have booked accused Amol Dongre (25), a resident of Indira Nagar, Ajni for abduction. According to police, Shivram Santaram Rajak (25), a resident of Sundara village of Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) married with Indira Nagar resident 21-year-old girl on April 24. Shivram and his wife were staying at the house of in-laws from May 14. The couple arrived at Nagpur Railway Station to catch a train on Saturday morning. When the couple was waiting for a train at Platform No. 2, Amol arrived at the scene and started chatting with the woman. She reportedly introduced Amol as her cousin to Shivram. As the train was two hours late, Amol suggested them to take a bus that was accepted by the couple. The three went to the bus terminus on Amol’s motorcycle where the woman went ...

Retired Army soldier killed over land dispute

A retired soldier of Indian Army was murdered by five persons including another retired Army soldier over land dispute at Bori Ghiwari village in Aroli Police Station area. Decomposed body of Bhaurao Meshram (46), a resident of Jhingabai Takali, Nagpur was found in a farm at Bori Ghiwari village where government had given him agriculture land. A sniffer dog of Dog squad of Rural Police helped the cops to detect the murder. The accused have been Ashish alias Sonu Sejusingh Sengar (35), Santosh Sejusingh Sengar (43), both residents of Indora; Ramsingh Omkar Singh Gaherwar (64), a resident of Bori; Ganesh Bhaurao Gajam (26), a resident of Indrapuri; Vasudeo Urkuda Gajam (45), a resident of Bori. A police officer informed that Meshram and Santosh Senger were retired from Indian Army. They both got an agriculture land at Bori Ghiwari village from the government. The Sengar family was indulged in the illegal excavation of murum in the area. Meshram objected them when they st...

SP Rakesh Ola: Judiciary’s loss, force’s gain

Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ola BEHIND every happy daughter is a truly amazing parent who fights all odds for her. Rakesh Ola, a Judicial Magistrate-turned-Indian Police Officer, is one such example. For seven years, Ola was serving in rural Rajasthan as Magistrate in Rajasthan Judicial Services (RJS). His postings in the hinterland posed a big question on providing quality education to his then four-year-old daughter. The thought of her future spurred Ola to opt for Civil Services examinations. Riding on self-belief and self-study he cleared the examinations and finally donned Khaki. Judiciary’s loss was Police’s gain but it was all for his daughter’s happiness. Born in a police family in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Ola was an average student. He failed to get admission in medical college due to poor performance in the Pre Medical Test (PMT). He retook the test but failed again. He then pursued B.Sc and LLB and became Magistrate after clearing RJS examination in the year ...

Social media firms targeting business houses for rivals

As social media is now a rage among citizens, a few charlatans have turned it into a lucrative business by misusing the platform for maligning companies and elite in the society. There is no dearth of talented youth who for quick money are at beck and call of people who use them to hilt for defaming their rivals. Cyber Cells of State Police are now actively engaged in filtering out such malicious content and isolate the dark figures of the net and expose them. This phenomena has gained currency in dark net and is termed as Cyber Supari, said the police officials Speaking on the condition of anonymity stated that people have in fact formed companies and many of them have flourised right here in city and raking in moolah. The most easy target are politicians as for them image is their biggest asset and rival are commissioning fake videos and photshopped images. These firms are even lodging fake complaints on social media accounts against companies that are to be targeted. These firm...

Goon lands in jail for filming video on Tik Tok in police van

DCP Zone V Harssh Poddar adressing a press conference. Yashodhara Nagar police have arrested a goon for filming a video on ‘Tik Tok’ app in a police van and also making it viral on the social media including WhatsApp. The accused Mobin Ahmed Samsuddin Ahmed (30) is a leader of Chama gang involved in cattle smuggling. Adresssing a press conferece, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone V Harssh Poddar said that Ahmed, a resident of Tipu Sultan Chowk, Yashodhara Nagar, had filmed the video on February 4, 2019 and posted on the social media. Ahmed can be seen stepping out of a police van as the song ‘Miya Bhai’, a popular track among Indian Tik Tokers, played in the background. After the first shot, the video cuts to shots of the police station. It ends with Ahmed finally stepping out of sedan car. The video was shared on Facebook by BFilmy Galli and has since been going viral. His accomplices had also forwarded forwards the video on various social media platform...

Drunkard car driver knocks three motorcycle and crashed into road divider at Laxmi Nagar square

This is the car which knocks three motorcycles on late Friday night. Passersby at Laxmi Nagar chowk on late Friday night witnessed horror when a drunken man lost control over the wheel of his speeding car and knocked down three motorcycles leaving four persons injured seriously. Later, the car rammed into a road divider, injuring the driver also very seriously. The Maruti Swift car (MH-31/DV-7856) first rammed into a motorcycle with two-riders in front of Hotel Ashoka on Laxmi Nagar Main Road (West High Court Road) and later knocked down two different bikes at Laxmi Nagar Square before crashing into a road divider at great speed. API Datta Ingale of Bajaj Nagar Police Station informed that the car driver was identified as P K Ravindra Rao (55), a resident of Plot No. 27/3, Ujjwal Nagar, Somalwada. He was driving the car under influence of liquor, he said. The car came from RPTS road side and hit a motorcycle in front of Hotel Ashoka on which two youngsters - Jayes...