Rajkot: The Border Range police in Bhuj busted an alleged gambling den operating from a farmhouse on the outskirts of Dhunda village in Morbi district’s Tankara taluka and arrested nine people. They also seized Rs 24 lakh cash along with vehicles and other property valued at around Rs 45 lakh.The raid was carried out on…
Rajkot: Rajkot rural police solved the double murder of a young farm labourer couple within five days, arresting the woman’s former partner for allegedly killing the newlyweds while they were staying at a farm in Moti Marad village in Dhoraji taluka. Investigators said the accused returned to work at a neighbouring farm after the murders…
Rajkot: What initially appeared to be a natural death of a 33-year-old woman in Gandhidham, Kutch, has turned out to be a murder after forensic postmortem revealed she died from multiple assault injuries, prompting Kutch East police to arrest her husband.Sonam Sunar died at her residence in the Bharatnagar area of Gandhidham on July 17….
Rajkot: Gujarat’s iconic flamingos may be far less migratory than previously believed. A four-year GPS-tracking study in Kutch has found that both greater and lesser flamingos spend most of their lives within the region, moving between seasonal wetlands in response to rainfall, water levels and food availability.The study, conducted by researchers from the Wildlife Institute…
Rajkot: A routine vehicle check on the Chotila-Anandpur road has provided investigators with another crucial lead into what appears to be one of the biggest illegal firearms smuggling networks in the Saurashtra region, allegedly linked to a jailed supplier. The seizure of two country-made pistols and three live cartridges from a 20-year-old man on Saturday…
Rajkot: A dispute over the use of abusive language escalated into a fatal stabbing on the night of July 17 in the Gokulnagar area of Jamnagar. C Division police registered an FIR against seven persons, including members of the same family, for murder and rioting.According to the complaint filed by Babu alias Ranjitsinh Jethwa, around…
Rajkot: A special Pocso court in Bhuj sentenced a 22-year-old man from Pune to prison for the rest of his natural life after convicting him of repeatedly raping a minor after threatening her, misusing her photographs on social media and pressuring her to convert to another religion.Special Pocso judge J A Thakkar convicted Jiyad alias…
Rajkot: A family court in Keshod ordered criminal proceedings against police officials in Porbandar district, finding prima facie evidence that they failed to execute court-issued jail warrants against a maintenance defaulter and allegedly created false records to shield him.A family court ordered that a criminal complaint be lodged against a deputy superintendent of police, a…
Rajkot: The owner of a bottled water plant in Keshod, Junagadh district, has accused 11 people, including the owner and sales head of a Noida-based company, of cheating him of more than Rs 2.4 crore by allegedly luring him into a fraudulent business agreement.The 25-year-old lodged a complaint with Keshod police, who have registered a…
Rajkot: AA 31-year-old man died of suffocation after getting trapped inside a furniture manufacturing unit that caught fire in Rajkot’s Ram Park area near Hudko Chowkdi on Friday morning.The deceased, Chetan Sheladiya, was inside Uttam Sofa factory when the blaze broke out around 10.15am. Deputy chief fire officer Ashoksinh Zala said preliminary findings indicate the…
