Overview
- South‑East District teams carried out overnight raids across vulnerable pockets under Operation Aaghat 3.0 ahead of New Year events.
- DCP Hemant Tiwari said 285 people were arrested under the Excise, NDPS and Gambling Acts, with 504 held under preventive action and 1,306 rounded up for verification.
- Recoveries cited by police include 21 country‑made pistols, 20 live cartridges, 27 knives, 12,258 quarters of illicit liquor, 6.01 kg of ganja, ₹2,30,990 in cash, 310 phones, 231 two‑wheelers and one car.
- Joint CP Sanjay Kumar Jain said roughly 600 offenders were arrested and about 2,850 people were rounded up across the Southern Range during the wider drive.
- In Narela, two wanted men were injured and detained after firing at police, and officers recovered pistols and cartridges as cases were initiated.