Rajkot: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday caught the deputy regional fire officer of Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC), and his associate red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh in Bhavnagar.ACT sleuths caught the officer Mahesh Patel, and his aide Prakash Chauhan.The complainant had submitted an online application to obtain the mandatory fire safety…
Rajkot: An 80-year-old retired man has filed a complaint at Gondal City B Division police station, alleging he was cheated of over Rs 1.56 crore in a fraudulent property investment scheme by a Rajkot resident.According to the complaint by Dayalji Makwana, a resident of Ashapura Road in Gondal, the accused, Rajesh Shah, gained his trust…
Rajkot: A 64-year-old man and his wife died after sustaining severe burn injuries in a late-night fire at their residence near Ramtekari Road in Talaja town of Bhavnagar district on Saturday, police said.The deceased have been identified as Kishor Vaitha and Rekha Vaitha (60). According to Talaja police, the couple was asleep in their room…
Rajkot: A 65-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting an eight-year-old girl in a village along the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway.The accused, a widower who lives alone and runs a cutlery business, was taken into custody by Kuwadva Road police following a complaint lodged by the victim’s mother.The incident occurred around 11.30am when the girl…
Rajkot: A forest department tracker was injured after a lioness attacked him during a rescue and release operation near Rampara village in Rajula taluka of Amreli district on Sunday, officials said.The incident took place during a de-worming exercise, part of the department’s summer strategy to ensure safer movement of Asiatic lions in the region.According to…
Rajkot: A young businessman and his wife tragically died of suffocation and burns after a huge fire broke out in their bungalow in Limbdi town of Surendranagar district around Friday midnight.“Preliminary investigation revealed that a technical fault in the air conditioner led to a blast and fire. The flames spread quickly and engulfed the entire…
Rajkot: Around 20 students were injured after a private school bus veered off the road and fell into the bushes near Gopalgram village of Amreli district’s Dhari taluka on Saturday.The bus was carrying students of OP Jhatakiya High School. While none of them suffered grievous injuries, the accident caused panic among the students. They suffered…
Palanpur/Amreli: Three children and two women drowned in two incidents in the 24 hours ended Friday evening, in Banaskantha and Amreli districts.In Banaskantha, three cousins drowned in a lake on Thursday while trying to fetch water in Dodgam village of Tharad taluka. Police said a boy, Vipul, slipped and fell into the lake while drawing…
Rajkot: Invoking Hindu scriptures that a soul finds peace only after justice is delivered, a court in Bhuj sentenced a 24-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a 65-year-old woman, observing that a proper and effective judicial decision was necessary for the soul of the deceased to attain liberation. The convict Sachin…
Rajkot: Rajkot Range IG’s team seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 1.46 crore from a truck hidden under cotton sacks on the Rajkot–Ahmedabad highway near Janiwadla village on Thursday night.Police said a total of 10,740 bottles of IMFL were found hidden in the vehicle. The truck driver, identified as 30-year-old Sahid Hingora, a resident…
