Surat: A 61-year-old retired man from Lalgate was allegedly cheated of Rs 14.74 lakh by cyber fraudsters who posed as bank officials on WhatsApp and lured him with a “senior citizen benefit card” before convincing him to install a malicious mobile application.Cyber Crime police have registered a complaint for cheating, forgery and related offences and…
Surat: A 64-year-old textile manufacturing unit owner residing in Athwalines was allegedly duped of Rs 40 lakh after unidentified cybercriminals impersonated him on WhatsApp using his photograph as a display picture.Cybercrime police said the fraud took place on May 20 and 21. The complainant, who runs a textile manufacturing unit in Sachin, received a zip…
Police at the showroom on LP Savani Road after the theft Surat: A theft was reported at the Adajan showroom of Palmonas, a jewellery chain co-founded by actor Shraddha Kapoor, in the early hours of Tuesday. The theft occurred around 4am when an unidentified person entered the premises by creating a gap in the shop’s…
A new fish market in Surat faces controversy after being named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. SURAT: A controversy has erupted over the naming of a newly built wholesale fish market in Surat after a section of traders objected to a board carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name, while the civic body clarified that the…
Surat: Two years after the death of a 13-year-old girl, a forensic report has revealed that she was sexually assaulted a few days before her death and had suffered physical injuries.Athwalines police on Sunday registered a rape and Pocso case against an unidentified person after receiving the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report, which had been…
Three boys have been detained for gang-raping a 15-year-old girl based on a complaint filed at Valsad City police station Surat: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped on Sunday evening near the Sai Baba Temple at Tithal beach, a tourist spot near Valsad that draws thousands on weekends.Police said three boys — aged 15, 16…
Surat: The Detection Of Crime Branch (DCB), with the help of the Surat Rural SOG, seized 977gm of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 29.32 lakh and arrested two persons, including former air hostess Mansi Abdul Saiyed (41) and Sohel Shaikh (20).Police said Mansi had allegedly been involved in drug trafficking for several years and had adopted…
The murder victim Nidhi Patel Police investigating the crime scene The murder victim Nidhi Patel Police investigating the crime scene The murder victim Nidhi Patel Surat: The body of a 22-year-old woman, Nidhi Patel, a computer engineering graduate, was found at her home in Godavadi village of Mandvi taluka in Surat district early on Monday,…
Surat: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Navsari-based journalist Satshankar Mishra while allegedly accepting a Rs 51,000 bribe from a complainant.According to the ACB, Mishra, who works with a local newspaper, had approached the complainant alleging corruption in govt -approved projects carried out by him. Mishra subsequently published reports related to the alleged irregularities and also…
Agencies were also instructed to provide guards with 160 hours of training Surat: After the rape allegedly perpetrated by a security guard in Ahmedabad earlier this month, city police’s special operations group (SOG) held a meeting with representatives of 160 private security agencies on Monday.Around 850 agency owners, supervisors and guards attended the meeting. Senior…
