Rajkot: A 38-year-old mathematics teacher at a govt school was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old student after threatening to fail her in exams.The teacher allegedly continued sexually abusing the girl for around four months.The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with Rajkot Taluka police, following which a case was registered under BNS and Pocso Act.According…
Rajkot: Bhavnagar special operations group (SOG) has arrested two people in connection with an alleged case of obtaining a medical licence using forged documents and using it to procure and sell prohibited narcotic substances.During a verification drive, police discovered that Bhavesh Dudhela, who had earlier been arrested in connection with the seizure of 1,920 bottles…
Rajkot: Two more cases have been registered, at Kalavad Rural and Kalavad Town police stations in Jamnagar district, against alleged moneylender Alpesh Donga, Akshit Akbari alias Happy Patel and others for allegedly cheating farmers on the pretext of arranging low-interest loans.According to the complaints, the accused got sale deeds executed for agricultural land while presenting…
Thakar’s son, Umesh, said his father had been admitted to a private hospital in Rajkot after falling ill Rajkot: A serious lapse in the identification and handover of bodies has come to light at Rajkot Civil Hospital, where the body of 92-year-old retired teacher Harsukhlal Thakar was mistakenly handed over to another family and cremated.Thakar’s…
The initiative was launched in New Delhi on Tuesday by the union housing and urban affairs minister Rajkot: Rajkot has been selected among 50 cities across India under the Centre’s PRAGATI-50 initiative, which aims to develop model cities in cleanliness and sanitation.The initiative was launched in New Delhi on Tuesday by union housing and urban…
Rajkot: An 80-year-old gynaecologist was kept under ‘digital arrest’ at her home for four days and made to transfer around Rs 58.5 lakh to the accused through RTGS.The fraud came to light when Vishal Desani, a constable attached to the Cybercrime police station, was alerted by bank officials. He immediately reached the woman’s residence and…
Rajkot: A truck driver who reportedly pulled his vehicle to the side of the road after spotting an approaching bus and a labourer travelling with him were killed when a GSRTC bus collided with the truck in Gir Somnath district on Wednesday. Fourteen others were injured.The accident occurred near Bediya village in Gir Gadhada taluka…
Palanpur: A head constable posted at Sami police station in Patan district has been booked for allegedly failing to register a rape complaint and instead telling the complainant to submit an application describing the matter as a minor dispute.According to police, a 29-year-old woman living on the outskirts of Gajdinpura village in Sami taluka was…
Palanpur: A special Pocso court in Idar sentenced a 20-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 3.40 lakh for abducting and repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl.According additional public prosecutor P J Soni, the convict, Vivek Pandor, a resident of Mota Kanthariya, abducted the 13-year-old girl from the village on March…
Rajkot: A 35-year-old farm labourer was booked for allegedly raping a 16-year-old Class 10 girl twice in Bhayavadar in Rajkot district.The case was registered at Bhayavadar police station against the accused, Haresh Bhatania.According to the complaint filed by the girl’s father, Bhatania allegedly contacted the teenager over phone and took her to a castor field,…
