Some of the affected are from different parts of Bhavnagar district. Investigators suspect they got liquor from the same chain of bootleggers Rajkot: Six people have died and at least 25 others were hospitalized after drinking methanol-spiked liquor packaged in “Royal Stag” bottles in Bhavnagar district.Questions emerged later about an alleged delay in police reporting,…
Rajkot: Gir East Forest Division, home to a significant population of Asiatic lions, has registered 75 wildlife-related offences and recovered fines amounting to more than Rs 13.30 lakh over the past four months.Gir East division of the wildlife circle covers parts of Amreli and Gir Somnath districts and includes Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, Paniya Wildlife Sanctuary…
Rajkot: A woman has been booked for allegedly assaulting her six-year-old daughter at the Old Housing Board area of Junagadh after the child accidentally wet the bed.The incident came to light after neighbours recorded the assault on their mobile phones and alerted the Child Helpline. Acting on the information, a Child Helpline team reached the…
Rajkot: The Rajkot City Special Operations Group (SOG) busted an interstate drug trafficking network with the seizure of nearly 204 kg of cannabis worth over Rs 1.04 crore from a truck that had arrived from Odisha.The seizure was effected near Bamanbore on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway.Police arrested truck driver Mahmad alias Kalo and helper Arbaaz Sandhi….
The forest department swung into action after an 11-year-old boy was mauled to death by a lion on July 11 on Girnar Rajkot: In response to the fatal lion attack on an 11-year-old boy on the Girnar pilgrimage route last month, the Junagadh forest department has deployed 25 specialised trackers across key mountain trails to…
The open well in Kobadi village Rajkot: In a bizarre incident, three men from a group of 11 alleged gamblers died after jumping into a well after a false alarm about a police raid triggered panic in the darkness around 3am on Tuesday at a farm in Kobadi village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar districtThe…
Rajkot: A 25-year-old man died at a hospital in Bhavnagar district, ostensibly after drinking spurious liquor on Sunday night, while six others from the same gathering remain critically ill in various hospitals, with some on ventilators. Most of the victims complained of vision loss the following morning.The deceased was identified as Upendrasinh Gohil, a resident…
Rajkot: A sessions court in Keshod town in Junagadh district sentenced 44-year-old Mahobatsinh Sisodiya to life imprisonment for the murder and robbery of his friend, Keval Savani, in Aug 2018.Additional sessions judge H B Trivedi, in an order dated Aug 13, convicted Sisodiya under Sections 302 (murder) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code,…
Rajkot: A 14-year-old cold case involving the robbery of Rs 12 lakh from a grocery trader has finally been cracked by the crime branch. Investigators said an internal dispute among the alleged robbers led them to the three suspects.Afzal alias Saddam Dalwani (37), Rakesh alias Bitu Chudasama (41) and Iqbal Sheikh (40) have been arrested,…
Rajkot: A 48-year-old woman, undergoing treatment for mental health issues, died after jumping from the seventh floor of Junagadh Civil Hospital on Monday morning.The deceased, identified as Anjana Jethwa, was a resident of Junagadh’s Daulatpara area.In his statement to the police, Jethwa’s 25-year-old son, Abhishek, said she had been undergoing treatment for mental health issues…
