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Time of India
08-05-2025
- Time of India
MCOCA invoked on Hiranwars, ACP to probe Bhusari murder
Nagpur: City police on Thursday invoked stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on Hiranwar gang in connection with Avinash Bhusari murder case . The police have already invoked stringent Section 111 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) against the gang members for organised crime. Meanwhile, Bhusari murder case probe has been tansferred to assistant commissioner of police, a café owner, was shot dead by Bunty Hiranwar , Shakti Yadav , and other gang members on April 15 to avenge murder of Pawan Hiranwar in January this year. Pawan was cousin of Bunty, who had survived attack by arch-rival Sheikhu gang. Avinash's cousin, Aviraj, allegedly played a key role in Pawan's 15 members of Hiranwar gang are already behind bars, the gang's arms supplier Shaheed Shaikh is still absconding. It was Shaheed who procured the firearms for the gang from Rewa in Madhya Pradesh.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Time of India
Gangs in Central Jail create challenges for prison officials
Nagpur: The prison authorities, like the police department, are forced to be on their toes due to the rivalry among various gangs lodged in Nagpur Central Prison. Sources stated there are around 25 different gangs lodged in Nagpur Central Jail, including 18 from Nagpur. With raging rivalries between most of them, the prison authorities have a huge task at hand to keep them apart. Following guidelines in the prison manual and various past court orders, the prison department deals with the task of keeping the rivals away. The Nagpur prison has witnessed several gang clashes within the barracks and also attacks on officials trying to intervene in their fights. Sources said the prison department is mostly left on its own to find each gang's profile and gather information about their rivalries, as there is no existing system in the police department to provide them with such information. Following the arrests of Hiranwar gang members, the prison department recently approached the court seeking permission to shift the goons elsewhere, as their arch-rival Sheikhu gang members are also lodged in the Nagpur Central Prison. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free Lasik Consultation @ The Eye Foundation Bangalore The Eye Foundation Book Now Undo With the court allowing them to take the measure, the prison authorities are now brainstorming among themselves to decide on shifting the Hiranwar gang members to other district jails. Three accused and a woman of the Hiranwar gang are currently lodged in Nagpur Jail. Sources said the prison authorities have an uphill task every day to avoid a possible gang war or group clash in the jail. "On the basis of the information shared by the gang members, the officials decide how to keep the rivals separated in different barracks," said an official. The official also stated that the prison department prepares a conduct report and sends it to their higher officials with a proposal to transfer convicts from one prison to another if there is a genuine threat to their lives. "In the case of the under-trials, the court is approached with an application seeking a nod for their transfer to other prisons for security and safety," said the official. The jail authorities are also compelled to guard against clashes at some common meeting points like the interview or mulaquat room, hospital OPD, videoconferencing room, and also sometimes during events or programmes. Intra-gang rivalries too The dreaded gangster Pravesh Gupta, who is part of the Sheikhu gang, is learnt to be facing a life threat from a minor of his own group. The minor, rounded up by the cops for his role in cafe owner Avinash Bhusari's murder, is learnt to have vowed to eliminate Gupta. The Hiranwar gang's first target was Gupta, whom they wanted to bump off on April 14 during Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti rally. He escaped by a whisker. The Hiranwars later found Bhusari an easier target to bump off. Gupta is now the target of his own gang members. An insider said the minor, accused of Bhusari's murder, wanted to eliminate Gupta to avenge his humiliation of his father. MSID:: 120768907 413 |
Time of India
28-04-2025
- Time of India
Hiranwar gang sharpshooter held at Bhandara bus stop
Nagpur: Forty-eight hours after gang war kingpin Bunty Hiranwar was arrested after a dramatic chase on railway tracks, his sharpshooter, Shakti Yadav , was nabbed near a bus stop in Bhandara with two mausers and six cartridges late Monday, said police sources. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Shakti's two aides, Rahul Bawane and Monu Kalsarpe, were busy enjoying a party after a fishing expedition at Deori lake in Gondia, 80km away. The crime branch also netted Roshan Shaikh, who was named in several offences, for pumping cash into Bunty's accounts to buy weapons from a Rewa gunrunner, Shaikh Shaheed, who is yet to be nabbed. Shaikh allegedly had relationships with several women, including two who registered offences of rape against him, said police. With the four arrests, more than 12 members of the Hiranwar gang are behind bars. One minor was also rounded up. The Bhandara operation to nab Shakti Yadav was conducted by Ambazari and Bajaj Nagar police. Shakti, Bawane, and Kalsarpe were handed over to the crime branch, which is now handling the gang war probe. Bunty and his gang had shot cafe owner Avinash Bhusari at Gokulpeth in the early hours of April 15 to avenge the killing of Pawan Hiranwar by the Sheikhu gang in January this year. Sources stated Bawane and Kalsarpe took shelter at the residence of the former's relative after key gang members were trapped by police. Bawane procured around 20 cartridges for the gang and handed them over to Bunty and Shakti, who opened fire at the cafe owner from close quarters. Sources stated cops are now zeroing in on Shaheed to track the source of firearms in Rewa. Shaheed and a few Hiranwar gang members, including Babu alias Ankit's father Dheeraj and his son Ritik Hiranwar, are still on the run. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Sheikhu gang members, including Dheeraj Bamburde and Pravesh Gupta remain key targets of the Hiranwars. Sheikhu's gang is also learnt to be tracking down the rest of the Hiranwar gang. Police stated Dheeraj was one of the key financiers of the gang. He extorted huge amounts of money from local residents of Chamdiya Basti and Kachipura by illegally lending money. MCOCA ON HIRANWARS SOON Sources stated the city police under orders of CP Ravinder Singal has already begun collating and analysing crime records of Hiranwar gang members before invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against them. The case would also be transferred to the ACP, crime, after MCOCA is slapped and the gang would once again be taken into for fresh remand.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- Time of India
Rising crime: CP suspends 3 PSIs, disbands 2 DB squads
Nagpur: In whirlwind actions on Thursday, city police commissioner Ravindra Singal suspended three officers of MIDC police station and disbanded detection branch (DB) squads of Ambazari and Kapil Nagar police stations under different circumstances. Singal delved into the cleansing act after rising crime rate put a question mark over policing in the city. During a surprise check at MIDC police station, Singal found three sub-inspectors — Nisha Gawali, Mahesh Pawar, and Vaishali Solankhe — absent from duty. The trio had reported sick without furnishing supporting medical documents. With the growing challenges of law and order and bandobast duties, the officers remained away from work. Learning about the lackadaisical approach, Singal ordered their immediate suspension. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo The city witnessed two gory murders in a span of four days — a gang war at Dharampeth and a contract killing at Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar last week, raising questions about security quotient of the city. Following the murders, citizen groups met Singal and expressed disappointment over the alleged nexus between a section of cops and some anti-social elements, paving the way for illegal activities. Miffed with the allegations, Singal decided to replace detection branch (DB) squads of Ambazari and Kapil Nagar police stations. While Ambazari police station 's DB personnel earned the ire of Singal following the murder of cafe owner Avinash Bhusari in Dharampeth by Hiranwar gang in a revenge act against arch-rival Sheikhu group on April 15, Kapil Nagar police station 's DB unit was replaced in the backdrop of murder of property dealer Ankush Kadu on April 19. Following the murders, crime branch had made crucial arrests in both the cases, which seem to have raised questions about functioning of the detection wings of Ambazari and Kapil Nagar.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Time of India
Bulldozers to roll on illegal properties of gang war kingpin Hiranwar
Nagpur: Bulldozers are now set to run on gangsters' properties in the city in coming days, with the illegal properties of the Bunty Hiranwar gang now under police radar. After police chief Ravinder Singal and his team surveyed and searched the Hiranwar den at Chamadiya Vasti and Kachipura areas on Monday, cops are hammering out the legal procedure to ensure illegal constructions, extensions, and other structures owned by gangsters and their aides are demolished in coming days. Sources stated Ambazari police already dismantled a portion of illegal constructions of bootlegger Ingoley brothers at Pandharabodi on March 16 after they masterminded a brutal murder of a neighbour on suspicion of being a police informer. Similarly, police surveyed every nook and corner of the Hiranwar dens and unearthed their safe havens, where the conspiracy was hatched to eliminate Avinash Bhusari and other targets of the Sheikhu gang, like Parvesh Gupta, Dheeraj Bamburde, and others. Sources stated a police team under Singal scoured the abandoned houses of Hiranwars and their gang members for more weapons and ammunition. The cops are now unearthing details of property documents of the Hiranwar gang to kickstart their process with civic authorities for initiating the demolition procedure. With Supreme Court guidelines on demolition of the outlaws' properties in place, cops are adopting legal measures before dismantling houses of goons. "Even the MCOCA accused and members of other crime syndicates will face similar action," said a senior official. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Al Basrah: AI guru Andrew Ng recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Aroun... Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo CASE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO CRIME BRANCH Sources stated police brass are now contemplating transferring the investigation of the Avinash Bhusari murder case to the crime branch Unit II from Ambazari police station, where the offence was registered on April 15. Bhusari's murder was the fallout of the Hiranwar-Sheikhu gang war . Simran Lokhande and Shubham Wankhede, the latest arrests from the Hiranwar gang, were remanded to police custody until April 25. Three persons, including Bunty Hiranwar's woman friend Simran, have been arrested so far, while a minor was sent to the govt shelter home after being rounded up for being part of the conspiracy. Simran helped Bunty and his gang by transferring Rs 10,000 to them and urged her brother, Shubham Wankhede, to help Bunty's uncle Dheeraj, cousin Ritik, and others to flee to Mumbai.
