Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Pune Police Use PIT-NDPS Act Against Repeat Drug Suspect
Pune Police detained a 32-year-old woman named Reena Ravi Ghumane.
Police suspect she repeatedly dealt in illegal drugs.
She had one drug case in 2022 and another in May 2025.
She was granted bail in both cases.
Police then reviewed her record and asked for preventive detention.
The request was approved by the competent authority.
She was taken to Kolhapur Central Prison.
The PIT-NDPS Act lets authorities detain suspected repeat drug offenders to try to stop future illegal activities.
Pune Police detained 32-year-old Reena Ravi Ghumane under the PIT-NDPS Act, 1988.
Police allege Ghumane was involved in drug-related activities and had two NDPS cases in three years.
Her first case was registered in 2022, and her second case was registered on May 19, 2025.
She was granted bail in both cases before preventive detention proceedings were initiated.
Ghumane was moved to Kolhapur Central Prison, in what police called Pune city’s first PIT-NDPS action.
- Who
- Pune Police detained Reena Ravi Ghumane, a 32-year-old woman suspected of repeat drug-related activity.
- What
- Authorities invoked the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, against her.
- When
- Her cases were registered in 2022 and on May 19, 2025; detention followed approval of the police proposal.
- Where
- The cases involved Mundhwa police station in Pune, and she was taken to Kolhapur Central Prison in Kalamba.
- Why
- Police said the detention was intended to prevent her from allegedly continuing drug-related activities.
- Detainee
- Reena Ravi Ghumane, 32
- Law invoked
- Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988
- First case
- Registered by Mundhwa police in 2022 under Sections 8(c) and 20(b)(ii)(b) of the NDPS Act
- Second case
- Registered on May 19, 2025 under Sections 8(c), 20(b)(ii)(b) and 29 of the NDPS Act
- Bail status
- Ghumane was granted bail in both cases
- Detention location
- Kolhapur Central Prison in Kalamba
- Significance
- Police described it as Pune city’s first preventive detention action under the PIT-NDPS Act