Three held, valuables worth Rs 6.2 lakh seized in raid at gambling den in Latur

Three persons were arrested and valuables worth Rs 62 lakh were seized during a raid at a gambling den in Maharashtras Latur district police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIActing on a tipoff a special team of the police conducted a raid in Wasangaon village on LaturAusa Road late on Friday night an official said reported PTIValuables worth Rs 62 lakh were seized and three persons were arrested while 10 others managed to flee the spot he said reported PTIA case has been registered under the Maharashtra Gambling Prevention Act and Indian Weapon Act against 13 persons involved in the illegal activity the official said reported PTIIn another incident the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA has been invoked against five robbers by the Latur police an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe robbers are part of a gang involved in several crimes across the state he said reported PTIActing on a tipoff a police patrol team had busted the gang comprising five adults and a minor on May 15 when it was trying to rob an apartment in Latur reported PTIA case was registered at Vivekananda Chowk police station in the city During their probe the police found that the gang had committed several serious crimes in Latur district and parts of Maharashtra reported PTIA proposal was then sent to higher authorities to add MCOCA provisions in the chargesheet and permission was received recently the official said reported PTIMCOCA is a special law aimed at controlling criminal activities by organised crime syndicates or gangs The police invoke it in many cases to ensure that the accused persons dont get bail easily and remain behind bars for a long time reported PTIMeanwhile police have traced and rescued two girls more than a year after they went missing from central Maharashtras Latur district an official said on Thursday reported PTIThe girls aged 18 and 16 were rescued on Wednesday from Pune district around 370km from Latur where they were found living with some men he said reported PTIBased on separate complaints three cases of abduction were registered at Shivaji Nagar Udgir Rural and Ausa police stations of Latur district under IPC section 363 kidnapping last year said the official reported PTIPolice formed multiple teams to trace the victims reported PTIAntiHuman Trafficking Units subinspectors Shamal Deshmukh and Subhash Suryawanshi along with their team members acted on inputs received from the cyber cell and traced the movements of these girls in Pune Satara Solapur and some villages bordering Karnataka he said reported PTITwo of them were subsequently traced and rescued from Pune district said the official adding they were brought back to Latur reported PTIWith inputs from PTI