Beed, Oct 31 The Beed district administration on Saturday invoked the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act against two history-sheeters, an official said.
The detention proposal was forwarded by Superintendent of Police Navneet Kanwat and approved by District Magistrate and Collector Vivek Johnson, he added.
An official release said Akshay Narendra Mendke (28), a resident of Tanaji Nagar in Majalgaon, faces nine serious criminal cases, involving offences such as operating illegal gambling dens (tirrat), rioting, criminal intimidation, causing hurt, cheating, unlawful assembly, and caste-based abuse.
Following the order, he was sent to Harsul Central Prison in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for preventive detention.
Ajinath alias Pappu Babasaheb alias Baburao Dahiphale (26), a resident of Mahinda village in Ashti tehsil, has been classified as a “dangerous person” under the MPDA Act.
Dahiphale has six heinous criminal cases to his name, including attempt to murder, assault with lethal weapons, molestation, caste-based abuse and verbal intimidation, the release said.
Dahiphale is currently in judicial custody, where formal detention procedures will be executed, it added.
“Stringent actions under the MPDA and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) will continue aggressively,” Kanwat said warning individuals involved in illegal sand mining, illicit gutka trafficking, extortion, bootlegging, unlawful lotteries, and those attempting to disrupt communal harmony or public peace.
(PTI News)
