Rajkot: A five-year-old boy walking with his father on the edge of Chaturi village on Wednesday night was pounced on by a lion, dragged away and killed, in Khambha taluka of Amreli.Family members and villagers immediately began a search for the boy, Jiyan Sidda, but could only find his body about a kilometre away. Foresters…
Rajkot: After the death of 21-year-old Nandani Bosmiya, who was found hanged in an apartment in the city on Monday, her family said she was murdered and accused her live-in partner of being involved in it. Police have not registered a case of murder.According to police, Bosmiya’s body was discovered on Monday evening in a…
Rajkot: A tip-off led police to a roadside room in Satapar village of Anjar where they found an chemical-based counterfeit liquor factory. The raid led to the arrest of Sunil Mata and Ramzan Juneja, who were allegedly running the factory. Police also seized spurious alcohol, chemicals and manufacturing equipment worth Rs 8.8 lakh. Two persons…
Rajkot: Small salt manufacturers in Morbi and Kutch are scrambling to complete their harvesting before the monsoon, but the cap on diesel supply has disrupted operations, threatening output in Gujarat, which produces about 75% of India’s salt.Marine Salt Manufacturers Association last week made a representation the Morbi district administration stating that the cap on diesel…
Rajkot: The suspected suicide of a 35-year-old woman, Ila Bagda, has morphed into a murder investigation, after forensic findings indicated strangulation which led police to arrest her husband, Hitendra Bagda.A case of murder has been registered against Hitendra at Bhayavadar police station in Upleta taluka by Ila’s brother, Rajesh Hedamba. On Tuesday, Ila’s family were…
Rajkot: After a 30-year-old man and his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter were found dead in a water tank in their Jasdan home, a criminal probe has begun with against the dead man’s wife and her alleged lover — for abetment of suicide and intimidation.Faiyaz Pariyani and his daughter Noorfatema were found dead in the water tank on…
Rajkot: The forest department on Thursday identified a man suspected of bludgeoning a lion cub to death in Junagadh district—a rare and brutal case in the Asiatic lion habitat.Although the offence registered by the department does not name any individual, Akshay Joshi, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Junagadh, confirmed that officials are searching for a…
Nandani Bosmiya (Image Credit: X) RAJKOT: The death of 23-year-old Nandani Bosmiya, whose body was found hanging in an apartment in Rajkot on June 22, has sparked allegations of foul play from her family, who claim she was murdered and have accused her live-in partner, Aslam Sama, of involvement. According to police, Bosmiya’s body was…
A grab of the kidnapping from a camera at a paan shop in Vadgam Palanpur: Aravalli police have formed five teams to trace a 19-year-old woman, who was allegedly kidnapped by her father and three others from the house of her live-in partner in Vadgam village on Monday.After two years of courtship, the couple entered…
Rajkot: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped over the past two years by one Sagar Chauhan, according to a complaint registered at B Division police station.The complaint alleges that Chauhan also recorded a compromising video and blackmailed the girl by threatening to circulate it.According to police, the girl met Chauhan, a resident of Ambedkarnagar, through…
