Liquor smuggled in private ambulance intercepted Rajkot: Babra police in Amreli district intercepted a private ambulance being used to smuggle Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) on the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway, seizing liquor bottles, the vehicle and a mobile phone, worth a total of Rs 10.66 lakh.Police received intelligence about an ambulance ferrying liquor along the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway.Setting…
Rajkot: Unidentified persons cut steel wire fencing around a military installation in Jamnagar, causing damage worth an estimated Rs 15,000, according to an FIR registered with City A Division police station.The damage was discovered on the morning of Thursday morning, during a patrol by an Army quick reaction team (QRT). The complaint was lodged by…
Rajkot: In an identical pattern of targeted property thefts across multiple parts of Rajkot, unidentified miscreants broke into several outdoor CCTV surveillance units installed under the Rajkot Municipal Corporation’s (RMC) “Eye-Way Project” and stole 30 industrial backup batteries worth Rs 90,000 since June.Three separate FIRs have been registered across three police stations—A-Division, Pradhyuman Nagar, and…
Rajkot:A 34-year-old textile trader from the city was allegedly duped of Rs 13.01 lakh by cyberfraudsters posing as representatives of two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) who promised him a Rs 15 lakh business loan.According to the complaint, Rishabh Sanghvi, who runs his business in Wankaner, came across an advertisement on Facebook on Aug 21 that…
Rajkot: Two persons of Morbi were allegedly cheated of Rs 16 lakh in a fake copper scrap deal after fraudsters promised to sell cable scrap lying near Mata No Madh in Kutch.Harilal Gurjar, 42, a scrap trader from Morbi, told police that he transferred Rs 9.48 lakh through RTGS on July 6 after being shown…
The book is co-authored by Prof Toshio Goto and Prof Hitesh Shukla, who heads the MBA department at Saurashtra University Rajkot: A new book titled ‘Longevity of Family Business–The Japanese Way,’ released on Thursday, explores how some Japanese family enterprises have survived for centuries despite wars, economic crises, technological disruptions and changing consumer preferences.The book…
Rajkot: Sikka police in Jamnagar district have registered a criminal case against a local resident, Asgar Gafar Pirzada, for allegedly duping 100 to 150 people of around Rs 5 crore by promising high returns on investments in a cigarette import-export business.According to the FIR, the complaint was filed by S H Kakal (26), a grocery…
Rajkot: A Porbandar man was arrested for allegedly cheating two jewellers of a total of Rs 5.20 lakh by falsely claiming that his gold ornaments were pledged with a bank and seeking money to repay the loan, saying he would sell the jewellery to them.Mahesh Jogiya (60), who owns a jewellery shop in Sonibazaar, lodged…
Rajkot: More than a month after three members of a Rajkot family died by suicide, University Police have registered a case against a lender and unidentified accomplices for alleged abetment of suicide, wrongful confinement and criminal intimidation.The case stems from the deaths of Dilip Khakhar (72), his wife Smita Khakhar (65), and their son Nishit…
Palanpur: Banaskantha police arrested two persons from the Shihori police station area and seized 488 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 2.44 lakh, along with other articles worth around Rs 1.23 lakh.According to police, the accused were identified as Devram Joshi, a resident of Shihori in Kankrej taluka,…
