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…
Rajkot/Vadodara: Ending a prolonged wait, the south-west monsoon entered Gujarat and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted wet weather to prevail in south Gujarat and Saurashtra.On Wednesday, Sagbara taluka in Narmada district recorded 85mm of rainfall betweeb 6am to 6pm on Wednesday, the highest in the state. In the tribal belt of The Dangs district,…
Palanpur: A special POCSO court in Modasa town of Aravali district sentenced a man to 20 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old Class IX girl last year.The court of Special Judge K K Shukla found him guilty of rape, kidnapping and other sections of the BNS and POCSO Act and sentenced him on Tuesday.Public…
Medicines seized by police officials Rajkot: A tip-off led police to bust an alleged international medicine-smuggling network and seize neurology medication worth Rs 80.77 lakh near Salaya, before they could be shipped to destinations in the Gulf, exposing a corridor used to bypass export laws.On April 15, the special operations group (SOG) of Devbhumi Dwarka…
Palanpur: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Sabarkantha district arrested a man and seized cannabis plants valued at Rs 7.81 lakh that he cultivated in his maize field in Saroli village of Vijaynagar taluka.The police team found 10 cannabis plants weighing 15.58kg in the field of accused Unaji Kharadi.Police said efforts are under way to…
