Nagpur: With narco mafia targeting Nagpur as a base and transit point in central India considering high demand for party drugs like MD, Nagpur police launched an anti-narcotics campaign and seized drugs worth around Rs 7 crore in June, which is an increase of around 123% compared to seizures worth around Rs 3.11 crore till…
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra govt to file an additional affidavit clarifying whether noise pollution rules and firecracker restrictions were violated during recent public events at Samvidhan Square, observing that the police affidavit placed before it did not address these issues.A division bench comprising Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke…
Nagpur: The city police brass has directed all police stations to identify, document, and monitor “new” criminals who have so far escaped official records. The move is aimed at preventing security threats in future through timely preventive action.The circular, issued on July 7 by CP Vishwas Nangre Patil, marks a significant shift from reactive policing…
Nagpur: With several prominent establishments, including the RSS headquarters, receiving terror threats, Nagpur top cop Vishwas Nangre Patil has mandated SLR-armed nakabandi across the commissionerate to strengthen the city’s security grid.Under a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued to standardise checkpoint operations, the police commissioner has also made service revolvers, lathis and helmets mandatory, besides…
Nagpur: A 56-year-old man from Sitabuldi succumbed to burn injuries after the battery of his e-rickshaw exploded while being charged, police said.The deceased was identified as Gautam Nath Rawal, a resident of Ramu Patang Galli in Sitabuldi.According to police, the tragedy occurred on July 8 at around 3 am, when Rawal was charging the battery…
Two Uzbek Among Five RescuedNagpur: The city police on Friday busted a sophisticated app-based flesh trade racket and rescued five women, including two from Uzbekistan. The action against the escort service, operating through the ‘Personal Meeting’ mobile application, has put several top international racketeers supplying foreign prostitutes on the radar.Women from Kolkata, Chandigarh and Delhi…
Nagpur: Police commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil has directed all police station in-charges and crime branch unit heads to prepare a list of cops with corruption taint and discipline issues like liquor and substance abuse.The move is part of his ‘carrot and stick’ policy that combines strict action against erring officers with generous rewards for constables…
Nagpur: To bolster on-ground police presence, official vehicles assigned to senior officers will be on patrol even when officers are on leave, resting, out of station, or in their official residences.The initiative described as a “moving presence” strategy by police commissioner Vishwas Nangre Patil, aims to keep police vehicles equipped with sirens and beacon lights…
Nagpur: The Nagpur cyber cell has uncovered a ₹200 crore fraud in which around five lakh people across the country were allegedly duped through the ‘Mast Money App’, also known as the Soft Money App.Police arrested a software engineer from Bhopal, believed to be a key member of the syndicate. Investigators said he developed the…
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) electrical department’s report has left the ‘heart attack’ theory in tatters and left three departments — NMC, Nagpur police, and GMCH forensics — red-faced as their attempt to shield a Gujarat-based contractor stands exposed in the death of a 60-year-old woman, Afroz Begum, who fell in an electrified water-filled…
