Criminal attends cop father’s farewell, held

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Jalna police successfully caught a 32-year-old criminal, who had returned home to attend his policeman father’s superannuation farewell.
The arrested man has been identified as Ashish Chavan, against whom the Kadim Jalna police station had initiated and successfully invoked sections of the stringent Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug Offenders, Dangerous Persons and Video Pirates Act (MPDA), 1981, earlier this year.
Additional superintendent of police Ayush Nopany said appropriate preventive actions have been initiated against all criminals on record, including Chavan. Kadim Jalna police station inspector S J Mane, who began the proposal against Chavan, said the accused, as of date, has four serious offences, including body offences and offences under the Arms Act registered against him. “Due to his increasing criminal activities, the decision to invoke MPDA was taken.