Nagpur Rural Police hold weapon puja, act on illicit liquor, gambling and drugs, parade 665 accused

Nagpur district rural police have detailed their actions across the district in their bulletin of October 20, 2026. A number of events took place in a single day under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Harsh A. Poddar and Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Mhaske, including weapon worship, action against illicit liquor and intoxicants, cyber awareness programmes and a parade of accused on record.

At the Police Headquarters, Nagpur Rural, weapons in the armoury were ritually worshipped on the occasion of Vijayadashami. Poddar and Mhaske were present with their wives. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Home) Pooja Gaikwad, all sub-divisional police officers of the district, Reserve Police Inspector Sanjay Khirsagar and other officers and staff were also present.

In Ramtek on October 19, 2026, the sub-divisional police officer and a team of Ramtek police raided a site on a tip-off. Illicit mahua country liquor was being made on the bank of a small stream in Nerla Shivar, within Ramtek limits. Police said they caught the accused, Pankaj Rajesh Dhoke (32), a resident of Koteshwar Road, Nagrathan, Ramtek tehsil, making mahua liquor from fermented wash.

Police seized 1,800 litres of mahua wash (worth Rs 90,000), a total of 120 litres of country-made liquor in six 20-litre cans (worth Rs 12,000), and iron drums, a stove, tin cans, pipes and other distilling equipment (worth Rs 19,300), goods worth Rs 1,21,300 in all. After a panchnama, the material that could be destroyed was destroyed on the spot. A case was registered against the accused under Sections 65 (f), (c), (b) and (e) of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act.

A special drive against drug use was run at various police stations in the district on October 19, 2026. Twenty-five cases were registered under Section 27 of the NDPS Act. Accused were said to have been caught filling chillums with narcotics and consuming them in public places within the limits of the Bhiwapur, Umred, Mauda, Kanhan, Vadoda, Parseoni, Deolapar, Mohpa, Khapa, Kalmeshwar, Bela, Bori, Katol, Narkhed and Kondhali police stations. They include Shantanu Vilas Chaudhari (29) of Bhiwapur, and Dhirendra Murlidhar Awchat (26) and Ramdas Vishnuji Lavhukar (46) of Umred.

Under Cyber Security Awareness Month, October 2026, programmes were held on October 19 by the Deolapar, Pachgaon and Kelwad police stations. Deolapar Assistant Police Inspector Narayan Turkunde held one at the weekly market in Hiwra Bazar, Pachgaon Police Inspector Ravindra Mankar at the Durga Devi mandal, and Kelwad Assistant Police Inspector Ashish Thakur at Bhikkulal Chandak Vidyalaya. Citizens, women, youth, teachers and students attended.

Using cyber awareness videos, participants were guided on types of cyber crime, fake social media profiles, financial fraud, and protection from fake calls and messages. They were told to beware of unknown links, OTPs, fake job advertisements, morphing, phishing, digital arrest and trading fraud. They were urged to contact the cyber helpline 1930 immediately in case of fraud, or to complain on the national cyber crime reporting portal.

On October 18, 2026, Ramtek police station received a tip-off that some people were playing a 52-card gambling game at Sonegaon farm area, Ramtek. When police arrived, 10 people were said to have been caught gambling. All are residents of Sonegaon, Ramtek tehsil. Police seized 52 cards and Rs 7,090 in cash. A case was registered at Ramtek police station against all 10 accused under Section 12 of the Maharashtra Gambling Act.

Action against those making, selling, storing and consuming illicit liquor on October 19, 2026 led to a total of 11 cases under the prohibition law. The action yielded 2,520 ml of country liquor, 160 litres of mahua liquor, 1,800 litres of mahua wash and other material, worth Rs 1,26,420 in all. Material that could be destroyed was destroyed on the spot after a panchnama.

On October 20, 2026, a parade was held at all 24 police stations in the district of accused on record in offences against the body, offences against property, atrocities against women and children, illicit liquor, gambling and other illegal trades. In all, 665 accused were paraded: 89 in the Nagpur sub-division, 118 in Umred, 140 in Savner, 68 in Kanhan, 114 in Ramtek and 136 in Katol.