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Tirupattur police ask tribal people to surrender country-made firearms

Tirupattur police ask tribal people to surrender country-made firearms

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Tirupattur SP P. Shymala Devi addressing a gathering of tribals of the Yelagiri and Jawadhu Hills during an awareness drive held in Tirupattur. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In a special gesture, the Superintendent of Police (SP) P. Shymala Devi has appealed to tribals in the Yelagiri and Jawadhu Hills in the district to voluntarily surrender their illegal country made guns. In coordination with forest and revenue officials, the Tirupattur taluk police organised a series of awareness campaigns against using illegal country-made weapons, illicit arrack, and poaching of wild animals in the forests. The drive was also meant to be part of poll preparedness of the district police ahead of 2026 Assembly election. “Tribals can surrender illegal country-made guns to the nearest police station voluntarily. Their identities will not be disclosed, and no cases will be filed against them,” Ms. Devi said. Ms. Devi trekked the narrow hilly stretches, along with police personnel, and met tribal leaders and village headsman to convince them of the need to surrender illegal weapons to the district police. Surrounded …

Latur police seize two country-made pistols, 17-year-old boy held

Latur police seize two country-made pistols, 17-year-old boy held

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A 17-year-old boy was detained in Latur district of Maharashtra allegedly with two country-made pistols and two bullets, a Crime Branch official said on Sunday, reported the PTI. The teen was held on Saturday by a team under inspector Sanjeevan Mirkale, he added. “His associate is absconding. Two country-made pistols and two bullets were seized from the juvenile,” the official said. Murder case accused held for possession of illegal country-made pistol, live cartridge in Ulhasnagar In an another incident, earlier this month, the Ulhasnagar Police in Thane district of Maharashtra have arrested a murder case convict recently released from prison, for alleged possession of an illegal country-made pistol and a live cartridge, the police officials had earlier this month said. The accused has been identified as Praveen alias Golu Ashok Verma who was alleged found in possession of the weapon, said an official. According to the police, constable Siddharth Gaikwad received a tip-off that Verma had procured weapons to commit a crime. Acting on this information, a team led by Assistant Police Inspector (API) Mohan …

Maharashtra: Man held with country-made firearm and live cartridges

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Man has been held with country-made firearm and live cartridges in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, the police said on Sunday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, with the arrest of a 40-year-old street vendor for allegedly possessing a country-made firearm and three cartridges in Nagpur city, police on Sunday claimed to have busted a racket involved in the illegal trade of crude weapons. The suspect was identidied as Jalim Natthu Shahu. He was intercepted on Saturday evening while he was riding a two-wheeler, an official said, as per the PTI. “Police found a desi katta (country made firearm) and three live cartridges in his possession,” the official said. Shahu`s interrogation disclosed that he had procured weapons from his native place in Uttar Pradesh. Police have registered a case under Arms Act. Prostitution racket busted, 2 women rescued, 2 men booked in Nagpur Meanwhile, in an another incident in Nagpur, a prostitution racket operating from a hotel in Manish Nagar area of Nagpur was busted and two women were rescued, a police official said on …

History-sheeter Held, MD Drug Worth Rs 10 Lakh and Two Country-made Weapons Recovered

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A 34-year-old history-sheeter was arrested from Nalasopara in Palghar district of Maharashtra, and MD drugs worth Rs 10 lakh and two country-made weapons were recovered from him, police said on Friday. The accused planned to use the weapons to eliminate a group of persons who had fired at him in February 2021, an official of the Crime Unit-II (Vasai) of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commissionerate said. “During the night patrolling on December 11, a police team spotted a man moving in a suspicious manner in Nalasopara. Sensing trouble, the man started running away, but the police team caught him,” senior inspector Shahuraj Ranavare of the crime unit said. “The police seized 100 grams of MD valued at Rs 10,00,000 from him. They also recovered two country-made weapons, including a revolver, worth Rs 71,000 from the accused,” he said. An offence under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Arms Act was registered against him at Tulinj police station. “During the interrogation, the …