Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The BJPs city unit has requested police to take action against all illegal business units, particularly lottery centres.This comes in the wake of the Cidco police raiding two illegal lottery centres on Wednesday and registering two FIRs. In both cases, the accused had claimed that all the articles, including computers, printers, and their software, had been provided by one Chandu Dongaonkar. Based on the information, Dongaonkar was named as one of the accused in the two FIRs.Amid reports of the booked suspect being a BJP worker, the partys city president, Shirish Boralkar, said he was not aware of any active BJP worker by that name. State minister Atul Save, however, confirmed that there was a party worker of the said name, but he was not aware if the lottery centre being run by him was legitimate or not.BJP city vice-president Arvind Dongaonkar has now sent a letter to police seeking immediate action against all illegal business units, particularly lottery centres.In his letter, a copy of which is with TOI, he said, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar is a historical city and attracts large number of domestic as well as foreign tourists. Due to the illegal businesses in the city, there has been an increase in the crime rate. Dongaonkar, a lawyer by profession, has sought action against five types of illegal businesses — lottery centres, matka (a form of gambling), gutka trading, illicit liquor trading and sand lifting and trading. When contacted, Dongaonkar said, We strongly condemn the act of associating the perpetrators of illegal businesses to our party. I will lodge a complaint and demand a check on all illegal businesses in the city. DCP (Zone-II) Shilwant Nandedkar said, We want citizens support to curb illegal businesses. DCP (Zone-I) Nitin Bagate said the process of gathering details for initiating action was on. We also published the following articles recentlyPolitical worker among 4 booked for running illegal lottery centresTwo illegal lottery centers were raided by the Cidco police in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. The police registered two FIRs against four people under relevant sections of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act. The accused stated that all the articles, including computers and printers, were provided by a person named Chandu Dongaonkar, who was named as one of the accused. The arrest comes after the leader of opposition raised the issue of illegal lottery centers run by BJP workers in the city.Pune Cantt residents demand action against illegal hoardingsResidents of Pune cantonment are demanding strict action against illegal hoardings and are calling for an auction of designated advertising spaces. They are questioning the authorities for the delayed action against violators. The defence estates officer has brought down nine illegal hoardings in the past three weeks. The hoardings were set up on defence land plots in prime areas of Pune cantonment. The authorities are being criticized for not taking action against the agencies responsible for these hoardings.Centre must intervene, act against illegal arrests of political rivals: Nara LokeshNara Lokesh, the son of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, has arrived in Delhi to address the issue of vendetta politics in Andhra Pradesh. The TDP MPs plan to demand the Centres intervention in the illegal arrests made by the YSRCP government. The party will also decide whether to support the governments bills in the upcoming special session of Parliament. Lokesh will consult legal experts to challenge the YSRCP governments actions. TDP has started the "I am with CBN" campaign to gather support against the ruling partys undemocratic politics.

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