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Operation Aaghat Nets 70 Arrests in Southeast Delhi Night Sweep

Police frame the crackdown as a deterrence push using BNSS tools.

Overview

  • Officers recovered 15 illegal firearms, 24 cartridges and 16 knives during coordinated raids across the district.
  • Nearly 6 kg of narcotics were seized — about 5.9 kg of ganja, 51 g of heroin and 54 g of MDMA — with nine arrests in drug cases.
  • Police confiscated 6,338 quarters of illicit liquor and detained 13 people linked to the haul.
  • Preventive action was taken against 191 people under BNSS provisions, and 103 vehicles were seized under the Delhi Police Act.
  • The operation was led by Joint Commissioner Sanjay Jain and DCP Hemant Tiwari with senior supervision, and follow-up investigations are underway with a call for public cooperation.