Rajura police detain youth carrying 34-cm cleaver on Somnathpur road, Arms Act case filed

Police in Rajura, Chandrapur district, have detained a youth from the Somnathpur area. According to police, he was walking on the road with a sharp cleaver in his hand. The action took place at around 11 pm on Friday, October 2, 2026. A 34-cm-long iron cleaver was seized from him. A case has been registered under the Arms Act.

Assistant Police Inspector Laxman Subhash Lokre of Rajura police station was on patrol with his team. The patrol was part of action against illegal activities, combing operations and nakabandi in the police station's jurisdiction. The team was travelling in a private vehicle. During this, a secret informant told them that a man was moving about in a suspicious manner on a public road near the Jhende in Ward No. 11 of Somnathpur, carrying a dangerous weapon in his hand.

The police acted immediately. Taking two panch witnesses along, the team reached the spot near the Jhende in Somnathpur and set up a trap. At the place the informant had indicated, a youth was seen walking with a sharp, cleaver-like weapon in his hand. Police surrounded him from all sides and detained him.

During questioning he gave his name as Vaibhav Suresh Regundawar. He is 22 years old and is said to be a resident of Ward No. 11, Somnathpur, Rajura. Police seized from him an iron cleaver, about 34 cm long, sharp and pointed. The cleaver is valued at Rs 400.

Police said that when the accused was asked about the weapon and a licence to keep it, he did not give satisfactory answers and kept evading the question. According to police, the investigation showed that the dangerous weapon was being kept without a licence and unlawfully, with the intention of spreading fear in the town and surrounding areas. Police then drew up a panchnama on the spot and seized the cleaver.

On the complaint of Assistant Police Inspector Laxman Lokre, a case has been registered against the accused, Vaibhav Regundawar, under Sections 4 and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959. Police Constable Kishor Sakharam Tumram is conducting further investigation under the guidance of Police Inspector Nitinkumar Chincholkar.