Rajkot: A 27-year-old Dalit man, Vimal Vaniya, was allegedly stabbed to death in public near Bhaktinagar Circle in the city, on Thursday afternoon. Police suspect his wife’s brother, Kamlesh alias Kana, was responsible as he opposed Vimal’s inter-caste marriage to his sister.According to police, Vimal, who lived in the Sahkar Road area near Kothariya Main…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old man was arrested in Porbandar for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman who has learning difficulties, multiple times, by taking advantage of the absence of her family members, police said.The accused, Hitesh Joshi, was booked at Kirti Mandir police station for aggravated rape and repeated rape and was arrested within a few hours…
Palanpur: Sabarkantha local crime branch (LCB) arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly strangling his wife to death after a quarrel rising from his suspicions about her being unfaithful in Haripura village of Idar taluka.According to police, the body of Soni Pardhi (26) was found covered with a blanket on a cot in a room on…
Rajkot: An 11-year-old boy was allegedly branded with a hot iron rod by two men after a dispute over a cricket game in Rajkot’s Punitnagar area in June last year. The incident, which took place more than 15 months ago, came to light after the boy’s mother filed a complaint with police on Tuesday.The incident…
Rajkot: A late-night halt for tea and a break during travel ended in tragedy on the Rajkot-Morbi highway on Wednesday, when a speeding truck crashed into a parked car and autorickshaw near Hadala village, killing two men and injuring three others.Police identified the deceased as Azizshah Shahmadar, 45, a resident of Manharpara, and Kana Humbal,…
Succumbed Weeks After Suffering Burns At Practice Session In Talala Dhamal, a Siddi traditional dance, often has fire breathing Rajkot: A 10-year-old boy from Talala in Gir Somnath district died at Rajkot Civil Hospital on Wednesday, nearly four weeks after suffering severe burns while practising a traditional Dhamal dance performance involving fire antics.The deceased, Mujahid…
Palanpur: Two days after a speeding Scorpio killed one pilgrim and injured 11 others near Himmatnagar, another incident involving devotees going to Ambaji was reported in Sabarkantha district.At least eight pilgrims returning from the Bhadarvi Poonam fair in the temple town were injured when a car rammed into the chhakdo rickshaw in which they were…
A video grab of the recovery operation near Kuwadva Road Rajkot: Three men drowned while immersing a Ganpati idol in a check dam near Khodiyar temple on the Kuwadva–Wankaner Road under the limits of Kuvadva Road police station on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Dhiru Chauhan (60), Narendra Chauhan (30) and Nayan Chauhan (23). All…
Rajkot: A 65-year-old retired Kandla Port officer was allegedly tricked into sequestering himself for 12 days by the “digital arrest” ruse and cheated of Rs 42 lakh by cybercriminals who posed as Mumbai crime branch officers.Ram Ashray Dubey, who is from UP and has been living in Gandhidham for many years, lodged a complaint at…
Rajkot: An audit and financial consultant, Paresh Menpara, lodged a complaint against two persons, alleging that they defrauded him of Rs 71.89 lakh by promising monthly returns of 4% and a bank guarantee for his investment.The complaint accuses Amardeep Singh Thakur of Hyderabad and Rajiv Sharma of Junagadh. Menpara met Sharma while auditing a company…
