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Nagpur: Nandanvan Police arrested a drug addict and recovered four stolen cellphones worth Rs 40,000 from him and seized Bajaj Pulsar 220 motorcycle (MH-49/BN-2956) collectively worth Rs 1.30 lakh from him.

Identified as Shyam Ramnath Rajput (25), the accused is a resident of Lakadganj slums.

Rajput and two of his accomplices were involved in stealing cellphone and other valuables. After putting him behind bars, cops launched a search for two of his accomplices involved in several crimes.

The arrest was made by Senior PI Sandipan Pawar, HC Sanjay Sahu, HC Deviprasad Mishra, NPC Sandeep Gawli, NLC Bhimrao Thombre and PC Vinod Zingre under the supervision of DCP(Zone-IV ) Dr Akshay Shinde and ACP Vijay Marathe

Police arrest drug addict, recover four stolen cellphones

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Nagpur: Police on Thursday claimed to have unearthed a major scam in Nagpur and arrested 11 persons for allegedly duping over 25,000 investors from different states of the country to the tune of Rs 100 crore. The masterminds of the racket, Vijay Ramdas Gurnule (35) and Devendra Bhimrao Gajbhiye (34), have been arrested along with their nine accomplices, DCP (zone 1) Nurool Hasan said.

“The duo had founded Metro Vision Buildcon company in Nagpur in 2015 without any permission from the authorities. They devised a plan for chain marketing under which people asked to invest Rs 3,000 for getting its membership,” he said.

“Each investor would get Rs 730 per month as commission for adding three members. The scamsters floated several such schemes in 2020 and duped more than 25,000 investors not only in Maharashtra, but also in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and some other states,” the official added.

“After duping the investors to the tune of Rs 100 crore, the fraudsters hid some of the cash at different locations. One such place was traced in Amravati, from where Rs 48 lakh were recovered from a house of Gurnule’s relative. The cash was buried and was recovered after digging a two-feet deep pit,” he said.

The police have so far recovered Rs 1.03 crore cash from Gurnule and his accomplices, the DCP said.

“After the arrest of Gurnule on November 19, he told the police about various locations where the cash was hidden,” Hasan said.

All bank accounts of Gurnule have been sealed and the police have written to all banks and asked them to freeze the accounts linked to Gurnule and the company, he said.

Police are also taking help of software experts to unearth of transactions done through net banking, he added.

Other accused have been identified as Gyaneshwar Bawne, Jeevandas Anandrao Dandare (52), Ramesh Surajlal Bisen (38), Atul Yuvraj Meshram (29), Avinash Mahadevrao Mahadole (38), Raju Nagorao Mohurle (48), Shrikant Keshav Nikure (24)

Another police official said that Gurnule used to hold a lucky draw every month at a three star hotel in Nagpur.

“He had gifted cars, bikes, computers, laptops, smart TVs, fridges, washing machines and expensive items to some of the investors,” he said.

Further investigation into the case is on.

100 crore investment scam busted in Nagpur, 11 held

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Nagpur: Pachpaoli Police, on Friday, arrested three hardcore criminals, who were planning a major crime, and seized a Skoda car (MH-31/CM-4050), a dagger, a knife and cellphones from them.

The accused have been identified as Mohammad Arif alias Bengali Mohammad Mijan (24), a resident of Majri, near glass factory, Sabir alias Chaku Rajjak Sheikh (22), a resident of Fukat Nagar and Sheikh Sajid alias Pappu Kalya Jamaluddin Ansari (26), a resident of Kamptee.

The accused trio were involved in a s tring of armed burglaries and thefts in Yashodhara Nagar, Gittikhadan, Kamptee, Kalamna, Jaripatka, Hudkeshwar and Sitabuldi. Acting on a tip-off, a team of Pachpaoli Police comprising Senior PI Kishor Nagre, PSI Arvind Shinde, HC Santosh Singh Thakur and others, under the supervision of DCP (ZoneV ) Neelotpal and ACP Parshuram Karyakarte, intercepted their car and nabbed them.

Cops registered an offence under Sections 401 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 4+25 of the Arms Act and 135 of Maharashtra Police Act, against them.

Pachpaoli Police nab 3 anti-social elements planning major crime

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Nagpur: According to media reports, around 300 businessmen from the Nagpur city were left in lurch after their names were found in the contact list of the mobile phone book of alleged bookie Rinku Agarwal, who was arrested by Solapur police in mid-November. Fearing action as Solapur police were asking them to appear before them to clarify, a sizeable number preferred to leave the city overnight to avoid legal hassles.

Agrawal was taken into custody along with two others after their names surfaced following the arrests of four bookies during a raid in Solapur. They were quizzed overnight before being placed under arrest at a Umrer farmhouse and taken to Solapur after the cops procured a transit remand from the local court.

READ: Nagpur bookie Rinku alias Amit Agrawal in Solapur cops’ net

The drama kick-started after Solapur cops returned to the city with the contact list data of Agrawal’s seized mobile phone. Though Agrawal was in remand custody, he was not made to accompany the cops when they came for the second time to city. The Solapur police started making random calls to the people in the contact list of Agrawal and also a few bookies whom he had named.

An automobile dealer, having nothing to do with betting, had his name in the contact list of Agrawal. He was rounded up and detained for several hours before being allowed to go after intense grilling. Learning about his hassles, several other panicked businessmen from Gandhibagh, Wardhaman Nagar and other places decided to flee the city assuming that their turns would also come even though they had no connection to betting but knew Agrawal in relation to his other legal businesses in the city and elsewhere.

Solapur police had also rounded up one bookie, identified as Haji, who was among the lot that had wrapped up the illegal betting activities following warning from city police chief Amitesh Kumar. The CP’s strict action on bookies had ensured the top names having already shifting their base or stopping their activities. Sources said Haji had developed health complications during the grilling of Solapur police and had to be admitted to a hospital.

Solapur police CP Ankush Shinde said his action on the bookies was one of the strictest in the state. “I have so far received no complaints either in written or verbally. If I receive any complaints, there would be action,” he said.

300 businessmen name found in the contact list of bookie Rinku Agarwal

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Nagpur: DCP Vinita Shahu on Saturday raided two different lounge in Nagpur , Pablo Lounge and Barrel , known to be organizing Saturday Night party. Both the places were found to be overcrowded and the police took action against directors of both the places.

Pablo Lounge under Sitabuldi and Barrel within the Ambazari Police station were found hosting a Saturday night party when Corona pandemic is at its pick. In both places number of young people was much higher that the limit sets.

DCP Vinita Sahu on receiving complain visited the spot personally and called the respective officers of Sitabuldi and Ambazari to spot and ordered them to take action. Accordingly, the officers of both police station initiated the process of midnight action against the directors of Pablo and Barrel, respectively.

Police raids saturday night Party at Pablo Lounge and Barrel

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Nagpur: A car driver dragged a traffic policeman for nearly a kilometre after he tried to stop the vehicle in Sakkardhara on Sunday evening. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera.

The video footage shows the policeman holding on to the bonnet of the car as the driver accelerates and tires to get rid of the cop. In the process the driver also hits other vehicles and drags him from Sakkardhara Square to Chota Tajbagh.

Video: Traffic constable dragged on car’s bonnet for around 1 km in Nagpur

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Nagpur: Lakadganj police on Monday rounded up a 21-year-old youth for allegedly breaking into an electronic shop near Kabra Petrol Pump and decamping with goods. The incident occurred at Gayatri Sales in the intervening night of November 24 and 25.

According to police sources, Dinesh Bhagirath Jakotiya (49), a resident of 193 Kabra Petrol Pump, owner of the shop had informed cops that he had locked his shop on November 24 before leaving for home and when he returned next day he found the rear door of the shop broken and goods in the shop missing. Subsequently he rushed to Lakadganj police and filed a complaint.

Following the complaint, the cops launched probe into the matter and rounded up one Bunty alias Mauser Sunil Mishra (21), a resident of Garoba Maidan in this connection and also recovered goods worth Rs 25,500.

The action was planned under the supervision of DCP Zone 3, Lohit Matani, ACP, R S Pardeshi and PI Parag Pote

PSI Sunil Raut, PSI S G Shinde, Constables, Sanjay Bagandkar, Bhojraj Bante, Wasudev Yadav and Firoz Khan made the arrest.

Lakadganj police arrest one for robbing electronic shop, goods worth Rs 25,500 recovered

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Unit-III of Crime Branch onTuesday busted a cricket betting racket after raiding LIG Quarter No B/117 in Shanti Nagar Colony and caught four bookies red-handed while accepting bets on India-Australia T20 match.
Cops seized cash, four cellphones, a LCD TV, three two-wheelers, a set top box and other material collectively worth Rs 3,27 lakh from them.

They were running cricket satta on Guru Mobike App by acceptings bets. The accused have been identified as Suraj Jaiprakash Bhambhani (21), a resident of Chhatrachhaya Apartment, Tulsi Nagar, Niyaz Sheikh Ashfaq Sheikh (24), a resident of Shanti Nagar, Mohit Prakash Dewani (22), a resident of Tulsi Nagar Colony, and ShubhamVijay Kondhekar (22), a resident of Shanti Nagar.

A case under Sections 4 and 5 of Maharashtra Gambling Act has been registered at Shanti Nagar Police Station. The raid was conducted by Senior PIVinod Choudhary, API Yogesh Choudhary, API Prashant Annachhatre and others under the supervision of Addl CP (Crime) Sunil Fulari, DCP (Detection) Gajanan Rajmane and ACP (Crime ) Sudhir Nandanwar.

Cricket betting racket busted in Shanti Nagar Colony

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Nagpur: The minor accused, who murdered his girlfriend’s grandmom and younger brother over her family’s refusal to accept their relationship, has reportedly ended his life by committing suicide on Mankapur railway tracks under Gittikhadan police station. His body was found off the tracks early morning on Friday.

The minor boy had slit the throats of his girlfriend’s 70–year-old grandmother and her 10-year-old brother in Harazipahad area under Gittikhadan on Thursday. The deceased were identified as Laxmibai Dhurve (70) and Yash Dhurve (10).

Police sources said the minor accused was in relationship with the girl. Girl’s family was against their relationship and would often oppose Moin in order to break their relationship. For the past couple of days, Laxmi had grounded the girl and didn’t let her contact the boy. Furious over this, the accused reportedly approached the girl’s residence on Thursday evening carrying a knife and in a fit of rage slit the throats of Laxmi and Yash with a sharp edged weapon, before fleeing the spot.

Meanwhile cops had launched the manhunt of the accused which ended on Friday morning.

Minor accused, who killed girlfriend’s grandma, brother ends life on Mankapur rly tracks

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Nagpur: In yet another murder over love affair, a youth was brutally stabbed to death here, near Manjari village under Yashodhara Nagar Police Station on Saturday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kishor Nandanwar.

According to police sources, Kishor was in relationship with a girl from another community. Owing to same, girl’s so called brother and accused Rizwan Khan had several arguments with Kishor in the past. Rizwan had also warned Kishor of dire consequences if he continued his relationship with the girl. Despite the threats, Kishor continued to talk to the girl. Irked over which, Rizwan decided to eliminate Kishor.

Rizwan on Saturday morning called Kishor near Manjari under bridge and reportedly stabbed him following an argument. Kishor was subsequently rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the severe injuries.

Following the incident, cops have nabbed accused Rizwan on the charges of murder. Further details awaited.

Youth stabbed to death over love affair in Yashodhara Nagar, one held

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Nagpur: Traffic police officials took action against 3278 vehicle owners under various sections of the motor vehicle act. They also recovered a total fine of Rs 7,12,400 from them.

Also under the betting act, 5 persons were arrested by police in 4 cases and material worth Rs 8100 was confiscated from them.

All these actions were jointly carried out by Nagpur City police. Traffic Police have appealed to citizens to carry all documents related to their vehicle while driving.

Cops take action against 3278 vehicle owners, 5 involved in betting

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Nagpur. Police have arrested a photographer for shooting a wedding ceremony held at the Civil Lines area using a drone based camera without the permission of authorities. The drone worth Rs 1.50 lakh was also seized from his possession. Police were patrolling in the Civil Lines area. The drone camera was seen flying over Blessing Lawn on Futala Road. Police on Tuesday interrogated the drone operator Pankaj Jaydev Bhandarkar (36) a resident of Binaki. During interrogation, he said that he was just shooting the wedding ceremony.

As per protocol, permission from DG Civil Aviation, District Collector and Commissioner of Police is required to fly a drone. But Pankaj did not obtain permission from anyone. The Civil Lines area also consists of residences and offices of judges, senior government officials and bureaucrats. Shooting by such drones could therefore compromise security in such a sensitive area. Permission from the Civil Aviation Department is required to fly a drone.

Use of drones without permission can also sometimes end up causing major accidents. So police have registered a case against Pankaj under relevant sections of the law. The drone flown by him has also been confiscated by the police. A thorough investigation of the recordings made by the drone camera has been made. No recordings have been found which could compromise the security of sensitive installations.

Strict action will be taken: DCP Shahu
DCP (Zone II) Vinita Shahu has appealed to all drone operators to seek permission from the DG Civil Aviation, District Collector and Police Commissioner’s Office before shooting videos anywhere in the city. Shooting by drone without permission is against the law. Strict action will be taken if anyone is found guilty of doing so. The action against Bhandarkar taken by Police officials Amol Deshmukh, Durgesh, Pralesh Kapse, Kushal and Dheeraj.

Photographer booked for illegally recording wedding ceremony using drone

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miscreants decamped with pistol, booty

Nagpur: New Kamptee police have booked some unidentified miscreants allegedly for looting a retired Military official of his pistol gun besides, gold ring and cash ₹10,000 on knife point here, on Tuesday night.

According to police sources, complainant Sunil David, a resident of Bawankar Lay-out was alone at home when five armed miscreants sneaked inside his house. The accused then threatened David on knife point and decamped with his pistol, cash and gold ring.

Based on the complaint lodged by David, new Kamptee police have booked the unidentified accused under relevant Sections of the IPC and launched the manhunt.

Dacoity at Rtd Military official’s house in new Kamptee

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Firoz Jafari, a television actor, was arrested from his Mumbai residence for allegedly conning several senior citizens in Nagpur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh into parting with their jewellery after posing as a policeman.

Mumbai/Nagpur: TV actor Firoz Jafari aka Salman was arrested on Tuesday (December 15) from his Mumbai residence for allegedly conning several senior citizens from different states such as Nagpur, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Firoz Jafari alias Salman would con the senior citizens into giving their jewellery by posing as a policeman.

How Firoz conned elderly people?

As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, he would allegedly dress up as a cop and wait at traffic junctions, targeting senior people wearing jewellery. By telling people fake stories about robbery attempts on senior citizens Jafari would win their trust, a police officer told the publication.

He would then allegedly offer to place their jewellery in a purse, only to switch those with stones. Most of the victims would only realise the theft much later when they opened the purses. The police said Jafari and his gang would travel to different cities and carry out the fraud.

How did the police trace him?

When Jafari robbed jewellery worth Rs 5 lakh of a senior citizen in Dehradun, the police began to search and arrested him with the help of Mumbai police.

During primary interrogation, it was found that the accused impersonated as a police officer to con people and had earlier also committed similar offences in Nagpur and other states.

On the work front

Firoz is 40-years-old and has done small roles in TV shows such as Savdhaan India, Chittod ki Rani Rajkumari Padmini, Chhatrapati Raja Shivaji. He used to head a gang of three tricksters.

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Savdhaan India actor Firoz Jafari arrested for conning senior citizens as fake cop

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Nagpur: A 56 year old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in Hingna area, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Kisna Sitaram Gawali (56), a resident of Ward No.1 of Kawdas village. According to police, Gawali hanged himself from a wooden raft with nylon wire and ended his life.

A case of accidental death was registered by Hingna police.

Man ends life in Hingna

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Nagpur: In yet another broad-day light murder, a Ganeshpeth based man was brutally killed over property dispute, near Kamaal Chowk on Thursday evening. The deceased has been identified as Guddu Tiwari, who runs cycle stand in High Court premises.

According to police sources, Tiwari had bought a building in Manish Nagar. Following which the accused identified as Kallu Kiledar had created obstructions. The duo had shared several arguments in past. Owing to same, Kiledar decided to eliminate Tiwari.

On Thursday evening, Kiledar along with his one accomplice attacked Tiwari with sharp edged weapons near Kamal Chowk killing him on the spot. Following the incident, the cops managed to nab Kiledar, however he’s accomplice managed to flee away.

Pachpaoli police have booked the accused on the charges of murder. Further investigations are underway.

Pachpaoli police have booked the accused on the charges of murder. Further investigations are underway.

Property dispute leads to brutal murder near Kamaal Chowk

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Nagpur. An unidentified burglar broke into a house under Nandanvan police station’s jurisdiction and recovered Rs 1.71 lakh. Police have registered a case on the basis of a complaint by Pallavi Vinod Chopkar (30), a resident of Santajinagar, Vathoda Layout. As per the available information, Pallavi locked the house around 3.30 pm on Tuesday and took her husband to the hospital for treatment.

An unknown thief broke the lock of the main door and intruded into their house. He stole gold and silver jewellery and Rs 9,000 cash from the cupboard. The total value of the stolen valuables is estimated to be Rs 1.71 lakh. On her return from the hospital, Pallavi came to know that the house had been burgled. She immediately informed the police about the incident and lodged a complaint in this regard.

Police personnel have registered a case against the unidentified burglar and have launched an investigation into the case.

Thief decamps with valuables worth 1.71 lakh in Santajinagar

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Nagpur. In the name of rendering assistance in securing a loan, three tricksters duped a city trader of Rs 10.42 lakh. Ajni police have registered a case the accused persons on the basis of a complaint by victim Shripad Narayan Shenwai (55), a resident of Arya Apartment, Omkarnagar. The accused include Ashish Garg, Isha Garg and Sakshi Goyal.

Shripad runs a company named Sheetak Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. He needed a loan for furthering his business projects. On September 8, the accused persons had called him and said that they would help him to get a loan. Shripad said he needed Rs 1.30 crore. The accused convinced him to deposit Rs 10.42 lakh in their own account in multiple transactions. When Shripad did not get the loan even after 2 months, he asked them to return his money back to him.

The accused began to evade his repeated persuasions to return the money. Finally, convinced that he had been cheated, Shripad lodged a complaint with the police. Cops have registered a case of fraud and launched an investigation into the case.

Businessman cheated of Rs 10.42 lakh in name of securing loan

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Nagpur: Lakadganj police have arrested notorious burglar Mohammad Aabid alias Guddu Alias Haider Wald Mohammad Khalil and recovered booty worth Rs 99,780 from his possession. Aabid (33), a resident of Bunkar Colony, New Kamptee (originally a resident of Kanhan) was accused in the housebreaking that occurred in Lakadganj area between December 6 and 7.

According to police sources, Moreshwar Tule (65), a resident of Juna Bagadganj had gone out when a burglary occurred in his house. Some miscreants reportedly decamped with gold ornaments and cash 50,000 to the tune of Rs 1.70 lakh. Following his complaint, the officials of Lakadganj police led by PI Parag Pote launched the probe.

During the probe, the squad of Constables, Sanjay Bangdkar, Ramkailash yadav, Wasudev Jaipurkar and Firoz Khan came across Aabid. During the interrogation, he confessed the crime. Cops have booked the accused Aabid under relevant Sections of the IPC and placed him under arrest.

Notorious burglar Mohammad Aabid in Lakadganj cops’ net

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Nagpur: Two minor boys reportedly stole a bag containing Rs 1.15 lakh in cash from a grocery shop in Old Kamptee Police Station area. According to police, complainant Vivekkumar Prakashchandra Lalwani (37), a resident of Pyramid city, Mankapur owns a grocery shop at Jaistambh Chowk in Kamptee.

Lalwani had gone to attend nature’s call on Saturday 9.20 am and his father was present in the shop. Two juveniles came near the shop and decamped with the bag after diverting attention of Lalwani’s father, police said.

A case under Section 380 of IPC was registered by Old Kamptee Police. Further investigation is on

2 minor boys lift bag containing Rs 1.15 lakh from grocery shop