Surat: Posing as officials from some of Canada’s most trusted govt agencies, a gang operating from a bungalow in Vapi allegedly threatened unsuspecting Canadian citizens with arrest and criminal prosecution before extorting money from them through gift card scams. The operation came to an end on Thursday when Valsad police’s special operations group (SOG) raided…
Surat: The detection of crime branch (DCB) of Surat police has solved the murder of a 25-year-old man in Puna and arrested four persons, including the husband of the victim’s lover.Police said the victim, Karan Vaghela, was allegedly murdered by Ajit Vaghela, the husband of the woman with whom he was having an affair. Ajit…
Surat: In a breakthrough that underscores the power of digital trails, Vansda police traced and arrested a man in Nashik district of Maharashtra and rescued a 15-year-old tribal girl he had allegedly abducted four months ago — using an X-ray report the accused had sent to his wife.Vansda police rescued the girl from a vineyard…
Workers of the Surat City Congress Committee stage a dharna at Nasir Nagar on Friday to protest against the demolition drive carried out in the area Surat: Thirteen days after the mysterious broad daylight demolition of more than 100 houses in Nasir Nagar, the truth behind the operation and the agencies responsible for razing remain…
Debris after demolition of Nasirnagar in Katargam zone of Surat. Surat: The mystery surrounding what has now come to be called the ‘ghost demolition’ of nearly 100 houses in Nasirnagar — carried out in broad daylight and in full public view — deepened on Thursday as Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials offered contradictory explanations about…
Surat: A special court in Vapi on Thursday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly raping a 14-year-old girl and blackmailing her with photographs and videos.Special Pocso Judge H N Vakil convicted Rajkumar alias Chhotu Singh, a resident of Haryana and originally from Pakdi village in Ballia district of UP. The…
Surat: A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death near Puna Lake on Thursday evening, prompting a murder investigation by Surat police.Preliminary inquiries revealed that the victim, identified as Karan Vaghela, had allegedly come to Surat from Palitana to meet his lover. Police suspect that two to three unidentified men approached him near the lake and…
Four Booked For Assaulting Man; He Is Accused Of Molesting GirlSurat: A social media post triggered a fracas in Amroli, where four people allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old man for posting a photograph of a 17-year-old girl on Instagram, even as police registered a cross-complaint accusing the man of molesting her.Amroli police booked four persons, including…
Surat: The election process for 16 seats on the board of directors of Sumul Dairy began on Wednesday with the issuance of nomination forms, setting the stage for a closely watched contest in south Gujarat’s cooperative sector.One of the region’s largest dairy cooperatives, Sumul procures and supplies around 12.5 lakh litres of milk daily through…
SuratSurat/Bharuch: Shockwaves rippled through Bharuch town on Wednesday after a 70-year-old man allegedly killed his daughter-in-law and her mother, reportedly driven by frustration over long-standing marital discord between his son and daughter-in-law.Police said the accused, Zainul Zanorwala, later attempted suicide by slitting his throat. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he remains under…
