Rajkot: A 39-year-old man was arrested by the Junagadh local crime branch on Saturday for allegedly murdering a 59-year-old woman in the Joshipara area of Junagadh city, with investigators saying a trail of clues — including an extra teacup and CCTV footage — helped crack the case.The body of Sunita Raija was found with her…
Two members of the frequent-fliers thieves gang arrested Palanpur: For this duo, airports were merely transit points and crowded religious places their hunting grounds. On Saturday, the Banaskantha Local Crime Branch (LCB) investigating a series of break-ins from cars arrested two members of a four-member gang who also revealed their high-flying crime trail to cities…
Slug: West Asia warA vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said on Sunday.The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar and docked at the port in Kandla around 11.30 pm…
Amreli: A two-year-old Asiatic lion was rescued after it fell into a 40-foot-deep open well near Khari village in Rajula taluka of Amreli district on Friday.According to forest officials, villagers heard the lion’s roars from the well and immediately alerted the Rajula forest department. A rescue team rushed to the spot and launched an operation…
Palanpur: The bodies of a young man and a woman were found hanging from a tree in a field on the banks of a river in Khedbrahma town of Sabarkantha district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Minesh Khokharia Jenny (28), a resident of Didhia village, and Bhani (21), who had been living with her…
Rajkot: The special operations group of Devbhumi Dwarka police recovered an abandoned packet of hashish worth over Rs 61 lakh from the district’s coastline during an intensive foot patrol on Friday.Police said recently, ocean currents have led to the drug packets washing ashore along the Kutch and Devbhumi Dwarka coasts, prompting heightened surveillance and patrols.Acting…
Rajkot: A municipal court in Rajkot has sentenced two food business owners to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed fines after laboratory tests found prohibited artificial colours in food sold at their establishments.Judicial magistrate first class (municipal court) Kamleshkumar R Gagnani convicted the operators for sale of unsafe food under Section 3(1)(zz) and Section 59…
Rajkot: A 31-year-old woman lodged a complaint with Junagadh C Division police, alleging cyber harassment, defamation and death threats by a man with whom she was previously in a relationship.Police identified the accused as Lalo Dafda of Lathi in Amreli district. Officials said the woman had earlier filed an FIR against Dafda at Shapar Veraval…
Rajkot: A shocking case has come to light from Morbi, where a man allegedly allowed his landlord and a relative of the landlord to repeatedly rape his wife and 13-year-old daughter, as he could could not pay his rent.The wife’s mother lodged a complaint on May 1 against her daughter’s husband (the tenant), the landlord…
Rajkot: Three men have been arrested and a fourth is absconding after an unidentified man was beaten to death in Khokhari village of Paddhari taluka in rural Rajkot, allegedly over false suspicions that he was part of a ‘child-lifting’ gang.Paddhari police arrested Bhikhu Jadeja, Jigar Jadeja and Raghu Sitapara, while a search is on for…
