Hingoli liquor seller Ravindra Dekate held under MPDA, sent to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar jail

Ravindra Tukaram Dekate, a history-sheeter on the records of Hinganghat police station, has been detained under the MPDA and sent to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Central Jail. Dekate is 41 and lives in Sant Chokhoba ward, Hinganghat. Hinganghat tehsil falls in Wardha district. Police have classed him as a liquor seller and a dangerous person.

Eight cases have been registered against Dekate at Hinganghat police station since 2020. They include charges of abusing people obscenely along with associates, threatening to kill, causing hurt and attempt to murder. There are also charges of smuggling and selling country mahua liquor. In one case, he was externed from the district but allegedly entered the prohibited area regardless and abused and threatened to kill people.

Police said Dekate had spread great fear among people in the Hinganghat police station area. Because of this fear, many victims could not even muster the courage to complain against him at the police station. This was disturbing peace and law and order in the area and affecting the lives of ordinary people.

Preventive action had been taken against him earlier. It was taken under Sections 56 (A) (B) and 56(1) (A) (B) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951. Action was also taken under Sections 151(1), 107, 116(3) and 110(C) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Preventive action had also been taken under Section 3 of the MPDA, 1981, and Section 129(E) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. According to police, he did not heed these actions and kept committing crimes.

Hinganghat police station inspector Anil Raut then prepared a proposal to detain him. The proposal was under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Sand Smugglers and Persons Engaged in Black-marketing of Essential Commodities Act, 1981 (amended 2015). It was sent through Wardha Superintendent of Police Saurabh Kumar Agrawal to the District Magistrate and Collector, Vanmathi C.

The Collector issued the detention order on November 6, 2026. Under the order, Dekate has been lodged in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Central Jail.

Collector Vanmathi C. and Superintendent of Police Saurabh Kumar Agrawal indicated that strict action under the MPDA would continue against illicit liquor sellers and dangerous people who indulge in hooliganism. The aim is to maintain peace and law and order in Wardha district so that festivals also pass peacefully.

According to figures, 18 liquor sellers and criminals of a goonda tendency were detained under the MPDA in various jails in 2025. So far in 2026, 13 dangerous goons and illicit liquor sellers have been detained in various jails.

The action was taken under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Saurabh Kumar Agrawal, Additional Superintendent of Police Sadashiv Waghmare, Sub-Divisional Police Officer Sunil Mahadik and Local Crime Branch inspector Vinod Chaudhari. Wardha Local Crime Branch head constables Amol Atram and Ashish Maheshgori took part. From Hinganghat police station, inspector Anil Raut, head constable Praveen Deshmukh and constables Sangram Munde, Shivshankar Yadav and Santosh Lohate were also involved.