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…
Rajkot: An FIR was registered at Jamjodhpur police station on Thursday against an administrator of the company Suzlon for allegedly assaulting a vehicle contractor and subjecting him to casteist slurs.The complainant, Kalpesh Solanki, filed the FIR for an altercation on the night of April 11. The accused, Akshay Joshi, works in administration for Suzlon and…
Palanpur: Two of the three workers who suffered severe burns in a fire triggered by a blast at an industrial unit near Palanpur succumbed to their injuries at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Friday.The incident occurred at a unit near Kanodar village in a unit extracting oil from castor.The deceased were identified as Vivek Ramdas (24)…
Rajkot: The local crime branch (LCB) sleuths exposed a fake driving licence racket and arrested a 25-year-old man who had allegedly cheated hundreds of villagers by posing as an RTO agent.The accused, Kishan Natavarlal alias Natu Somaiya, a resident of Kalyanpur, had built familiarity with residents by helping postal employees distributing articles in remote villages….
Rajkot: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly murdered by her husband for refusing to cook rotlas at Mota Dhavda village in Nakhatrana taluka of Kutch district late on Tuesday night.The victim, Nabu, was living with her husband, Jenti Koli, on a farm on the outskirts of the village. Both worked as labourers.According to the FIR lodged…
Rajkot: A revenue clerk (talati) was allegedly assaulted and threatened by a resident while discharging election duties at the Jamkandorna mamlatdar’s office in Rajkot district on Wednesday.The complainant, Pushparajsinh Chudasama, filed an FIR at Jamkandorna police station against a local man identified only as Nilesh. According to the FIR, around 3.30pm. Chudasama was in his…
Rajkot: A fire broke out in the basement and storage area of a commercial building near Lila Circle in Bhavnagar on Thursday. The four-story building also has a hospital and around 24 patients had to be rescued by the fire department. No casualties were reported. According to sources, the building also houses a bank, tuition…
Rajkot: A 54-year-old labourer was allegedly assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by an engineer and two others at the Junagadh Municipal Corporation office on Monday.The victim, Karshan Solanki, a resident of Vrundavan Nagar Society on Madhuram Bypass Road, has been admitted to Junagadh Civil Hospital with injuries. Based on his statement recorded at the…
