Notorious criminal arrest by Aurangabad police

Aurangabad

Notorious criminal Lahu alias Jhaglya Chavan (30) has been arrested by the Aurangabad city police under the stringent MPDA (Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act).

The accused has over a dozen body as well as property offences including several robbery cases registered against him athe the police stations of Mukundwadi, MIDC Cidco, CIDCO, Kranti Chowk and Pundaliknagar.

Crime branch inspector Anil Gaikwad said that the accused is infamous for his alleged criminal activities, especially for using sharp edged weapons to attack and injure people, even on slightest of issue.

To keep a check on his activities, preventive action under section 110 of CrPC were also initiated against him, but in vain.

Gaikwad said that for a while, the accused has been found posing a direct threat to peace, harmony, public order by getting involved in to arson, robbery and attacking people with shar edged weapons.

Police said that even efforts were made to counsel and convince to live a normal and criminal activities-free life, the decision to slap him with MPDA was taken and the accused was arrested on Tuesday before he was sent to Aurangabad Central Prison.

Under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities Act 1981, once detained and approved by the state and after receipt of the opinion from the advisory board confirmed the order by the state , a suspect is liable to remain behind bars for a period of 12 months.