Rajkot: A Special POCSO Court in Morbi has acquitted a 26-year-old man of all kidnapping and rape charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case and key witnesses, including the victim herself, turned hostile during the trial.According to the initial police complaint, the prosecution alleged that between August 9 and 10, 2020, the accused…
Rajkot: The carcass of a lioness was found on the banks of the Shetrunji river in Gariyadhar taluka of Bhavnagar district on Thursday. According to the forest department, the lioness, between five and nine years old, was found stuck in bushes after the river water receded.Govindsinh Sarvaiya, deputy conservator of forests, Botad, said, “Prima facie,…
Rajkot: In dry Gujarat, a primary school teacher at Khapat Primary School in Una taluka of Gir Somnath district has been accused of sending a Class VII student to fetch liquor during school hours.The matter came to light after the student was found carrying a liquor bottle on campus, triggering both a police complaint and…
Rajkot: A late-night raid on an alleged gambling den in Veraval took a turn when a crowd of 200 allegedly attacked personnel of the state monitoring cell (SMC) and tried to free detained gamblers.Police said officers were forced to fire a warning shot in the air before reinforcements brought the situation under control.The SMC team…
A police official conducting investigation Rajkot: A minor altercation over speeding on a motorcycle escalated into the murder of a cop’s 32-year-old nephew in Nanamava area of Rajkot on Wednesday night. It raises a question about the safety of police families in the city.The incident took place around 9pm on Wednesday. The deceased has been…
Palanpur: Banas Dairy is expected to commission its fourth dairy plant in Uttar Pradesh at Mitli in Baghpat district in the next 18 months, the cooperative’s chairman, Shankar Chaudhary, said.Chaudhary, who is also the Speaker of Gujarat Assembly, reviewed the progress of the under-construction facility located in the Delhi NCR region. The plant will process…
Rajkot: A 73-year-old vegetable vendor was allegedly beaten to death by two people with an iron rod in Patri village of Mundra taluka in Kutch district on Tuesday.The victim, Abdullah Pathan, had gone to Patri in his rickshaw to sell vegetables at around 4.30pm when the accused, Imtiyaz Halepotra and Hardeepsinh Sodha, intercepted him. Imtiyaz…
Rajkot: Police seized more than 26 kg of ganja worth Rs 13.44 lakh in separate operations in Rajkot and Kutch districts.While the Rajkot Rural Special Operations Group (SOG) recovered over 17 kg of ganja from a house in Upleta taluka and booked three persons, the Kachchh East SOG arrested a man with over 9.5 kg…
Amreli: A 21-year-old man was mauled to death by a lion near Antaliya village in Liliya taluka of Amreli district on Wednesday, marking the fourth fatal lion attack on a human in the region in less than a month. The victim, Sohil Memon, was attacked in an area along the boundary of revenue land and…
The seizures were effected during combing operations Palanpur: Patan local crime branch (LCB) apprehended six men with five country-made pistols, four cartridges and materials suspected to be used to manufacture explosives in Radhanpur town on Wednesday.The seizures were effected during combing operations in Varahi, Sami and Shankheshwar ahead of the Rath Yatra.Those arrested are Mazharhussain…
