Mission AXE or Media AXE? Nagpur Police Will Have to Answer

The recent ‘Mission AXE’ campaign by Nagpur police, which saw a major crackdown on e-cigarettes, hookah products and illegal tobacco sales, has become a major media headline. Material worth more than ₹43 lakh was confiscated, raids were conducted at multiple locations and 26 people were booked. But now a question is increasingly being raised in the city — is this enough? Timely question: Why now? Locals say that ‘Texas Smoke Shop’ and many such …