Three including a woman commit suicide in the past 24 hours
Nagpur: In what could be termed as unfortunate three persons including a woman committed suicide in the city in the past 24 hours. The names of the deceased are 1. Asmita Sanjay Mandpe aged 32 years, 2. Abhijeet Ashok Maske...
Job seeking youth duped of Rs 3 lakh
Nagpur: A job seeking youth was cheated to the tune of Rs 3 lakh by a man who promised him a clerk’s post in Western Coalfields Limited (WCL). The conman has been booked. The complainant Anita Anil Nikhade (43), resident of...
Acid Attack On College girl In Jaripatka
Nagpur: A woman allegedly threw acid on a 23-year-old neighbour at the busy market at Kapil Nagar in Jaripatka area on Wednesday evening. The victim, identified as Preeti Kuwar, 23, is out of danger but suffered slight burns on her...
Nagpur Crime Branch apprehends 3 accused with Rs 60 lakhs worth of cocaine
Biggest haul in Nagpur city so far Nagpur: While adding another feather to their caps, the sleuths of Nagpur Crime Branch nabbed three accused with Rs 60 lakhs worth of Cocaine (Cocaine, also known as benzoylmethylecgonine or coke) on March 15,...
RTI revelation: 349 hijras, 224 burglars, 21 tauts were nabbed in CR’s Nagpur Divisionin one year
Nagpur: The Nagpur Division of Central Railway has said that a total of 349 hijras (trutiyapanthis), who were found pestering the passengers in running trains, were nabbed and a fine of Rs 6,14, 400 was recovered from them from the...
Follow up: Hotel Skylark bouncer Vivek Jain still critical as bullet is not removed as yet
Nagpur: Vivek Jain, the bouncer of Hotel Skylark, who had received bullet injury on his face, continues to be critical. The stuck bullet has not been removed as yet even after 48 hours have elapsed. Vivek Jain has been admitted...
Ranjit Safelkar, other booked for grabbing dead man’s farm land in Kamptee Tehsil
Nagpur: In a high-profile fraud, a Councillor of Kamptee Nagar Parishad, who is also chief of Shriram Sena, and his one accomplice allegedly forged documents and grabbed a landed property of a dead man. The accused Councillor and other have...
4 goons assault youth brutally in Jaripatka for refusing to give extortion money
Nagpur: A group of four goons assaulted a youth brutally when he refused to part with the extortion money the criminals had demanded from him. The accused ruffians have been booked and reportedly arrested by Jaripatka cops. The accused Navshad alias...
Kotwali cops foil dacoity, nab gang of five robbers with lethal arms
Nagpur: A gang of five dacoits was arrested in the nick of time and an imminent strike was foiled by the alert cops of Kotwali Police Station on the midnight of Wednesday. A squad of policemen was on patrolling duty well...
ACB arrests peon of City Survey Office red-handed accepting bribe of Rs 4000/-
Nagpur: In another action taken by the Anti Corruption Bureau to trap and arrest a corrupt official while taking bribe, a peon of City Survey Office was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 4000/- on March 14, 2016. According to...
Cop, scrap dealer booked for cheating trader with Rs 1 lakh
Nagpur: Tehsil cops have booked a Police Constable and a kabadiwala (scrap dealer) on the charges of cheating a trader dealing in utensils to the tune of Rs 1 lakh. The trader Dhanraj Jayaprasad Gupta (53), resident of Golibar Chowk,...
Cricket fan tricked by two conmen, given bogus tickets of Ind-NZ T20 match
Nagpur: Two tricksters, taking the advantage of cricket fever, trapped a crazy fan and offered him five tickets of India-New Zealand match of T20 World Cup to be played at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium on Tuesday (March 15) evening. The entusiastic...
Young man murdered by friend after a heady brawl near Medical Square
Nagpur: Yet another liquor-induced brawl led to murder of young man by his friend near Medical Square in the midnight of Tuesday. The accused murderer went absconding and is beaing searched by cops. The deceased Jitu Mahadeo Khandare (32), resident of...
Young girl raped on promise of getting married
Nagpur: In another case where the gullibility of a girl was misused, a young man repeatedly raped a young girl on the promise of getting married to her. According to police sources, the accused young man identified as Vardha Yogesh Gautam...
Gun shot fired in Skylark Hotel, 1 injured
Nagpur: In bizzare incident that took place on Monday night, an orchestra singer performing at Hotel Skylark, situated in Central avenue suffered a bullet injury at 11 pm. Police sources informed that the accused bouncer Ramzaan clashed with the orchestra singer...
MIDC cops apprehended huge cache of liquor worth Rs 1, 31, 100/- meant for Holi
Nagpur: With cricket mania and Holi festival fast approaching, many other allied illegal business including betting, bookie, illegal liquor or drugs do brisk business on the sly in the city. Ahead of the cricket match between India and New-Zealand and...
4 employees of a MIDC company booked for theft
Nagpur: MIDC police have booked four employees of a company on the charges of stealing an air cooling pump worth Rs 70,000. The accused Yadav Kavale, Jaideep Baghel, Roshan Ramteke and Dilip Dhole were working in MIDC-based M To Monark...
Two minor kids go missing from different areas
Nagpur: Two minor children, a boy and girl, went missing and reportedly kidnapped from different areas on Sunday. Cops have mounted a search to trace the kids. In the first incident, the complainant Sanjay Wamanrao Gudadhe (45), resident of Plot No....
Cops foil dacoities, arrest 11 members of two gangs in Jaripatka, Pachpaoli
Nagpur: In a swift action, police foiled two imminent dacoities in different localities by arresting eleven members of two gangs. Lethal arms and other material to be used in the dacoities were seized from the possession of arrested gang members. Jaripatka...
Pervert boy rapes 7-yr old girl in Kalamna, arrested
Nagpur: In a heinous act, a 22-year old pervert boy raped a 7-year old girl on the pretext of giving her wheat flour. The lewd accused has been arrested. According to police, the 22-year old accused Akash Jaiswal, resident of Kalamna...
High on Hookah# Cops raid another joint at Heritage Hotel in Sadar; Manager booked
Nagpur: Even as the dust refused to settle on the issue of thriving hookah parlours in Nagpur, particularly in Sadar area, yet another such den was raided in the dark of the nights on Sunday at Hotel Heritage in the...