Surat: A three-year-old girl abducted from beneath a bridge in Kapodra on the night of April 20 was rescued safely from Madhya Pradesh, though the kidnapper managed to flee after abandoning the child.Surat crime branch traced the accused using technical surveillance and CCTV footage that showed him boarding a train bound for Madhya Pradesh. Acting…
Surat: Sarthana police on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly cheating eatery owners by exploiting the cooking gas crisis triggered by the Iran war.The accused contacted several eateries in Surat that he came across on social media reels and offered prompt delivery of gas cylinders. The owners transferred money but did not receive the…
Surat: A blast at a chemical factory in Bharuch district left 15 workers with burn injuries, five of whom are reported to be in critical condition. The critically injured workers have been shifted to hospitals in Surat and Vadodara for advanced treatment.The incident occurred at Metropolitan Eximchem Pvt Ltd, a chemical manufacturing unit in the…
Surat: Cybercrime police arrested three persons for allegedly obtaining point-of-sale (POS) machines using fake Udyam firms and supplying them to a Rajasthan-based gang involved in debit card cloning. The cloned cards were swiped on these POS machines, after which the money was withdrawn in Surat.A Surat resident complained that the credentials of his firm, Shidhi…
Surat: A teenager from the city has filed a complaint of sexual intercourse by deceitful means against a 19-year-old man from Kerala after she became pregnant.Puna police have arrested the accused, a native of Palakkad district in Kerala.Police said the two met about a year ago while playing the online game Free Fire. During the…
Surat: The Economic Offences Cell (EOC) of city police has arrested a habitual fraudster who allegedly cheated six people of Rs 1.07 crore by luring them to invest in a proposed 11-storey hotel complex with apartment-style flats in Daman.The accused, Bharat Bharwani (52), a builder had launched the project under the name Sky Deck and…
Surat: The Gujarat High Court has stayed the arrest of a man in a rape case filed by the woman who was in a relationship with him for 18 years. The FIR was registered with the Dindoli police station after the man allegedly refused to marry her.During the hearing of the quashing petition, the accused…
Surat: Eight people were killed and at least 15 injured when a pickup truck carrying 35 people overturned near Virkshetra in Kaprada taluka of Valsad district on Wednesday.The victims were returning to their village after a post-wedding function, triggering shock across the region. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the accident likely occurred due to brake failure….
Surat: When Dipak Ghetia quit diamond polishing after nearly 22 years due to reduced work hours and falling income, he turned to selling ghughras, a fried snack, in July 2024.Starting small, he sold ghughras made at home from his two-wheeler and saw quick success. Encouraged by demand, he rented a shop to scale up production,…
Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized at least 16 parcels imported from Dubai at the Sachin Surat Special Economic Zone (SEZ) as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected irregularities. The parcels were reportedly brought into the SurSEZ with declarations stating they contained gems and jewellery products meant for further processing. Sources said…
