Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced two persons to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for trafficking and sexually exploiting two minor girls who were brought from Bangladesh and forced into prostitution.The convicts were identified as Sagar Mandal from West Bengal and Mohammed Faruq Mandal from Bangladesh. The court convicted both accused under the BNS…
Mangaluru: CCB sleuths in Mangaluru have arrested Sahul Hameed, wanted in six cases, including the Dinesh Raj murder case.Dinesh Raj, manager of a textile showroom in the city, was hacked to death by four unidentified persons in Feb 2012.City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said the court had issued proclamations against Sahul Hameed in…
Ahmedabad: For nearly 28 years, a man accused of stealing a two-wheeler when he was 22, managed to stay under the radar — not by fleeing the city, but by quietly living in Ahmedabad, often just a short distance from a police station.The city crime branch on Sunday arrested 51-year-old Anil Koshti, who was absconding…
Police personnel deployed at M G Science Institute ahead of NEET re-exam Ahmedabad: The road to medical college has already been unusually bumpy this year. After the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) on May 3 was cancelled due to a paper leak, students will once again sit for the test on Sunday. This time,…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch arrested two brothers wanted in connection with an attempted murder case registered at Vastrapur police station and recovered a country-made revolver from one of them during a late-night operation near the riverfront in Danilimda.According to a complaint filed by a detection of crime branch (DCB) officer, the accused were identified…
Vadodara: Two women from Maharashtra, allegedly part of an inter-state gang that targeted unlocked houses in Vadodara, have been arrested by the city crime branch, leading to the detection of three house theft cases and recovery of stolen property worth Rs 1.38 lakh.The accused, identified as Akila Pawar and Lili Pawar, both residents of Palghar…
Ahmedabad: A day after a GujCTOC accused was shot in the leg during a crime branch operation near Sola Bhagwat, police on Tuesday booked him for attempt to commit culpable homicide not amounting to murder and for resisting lawful arrest.Dharmendrasinh Barad, who suffered a bullet injury to his left foot during Monday evening’s operation, is…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has busted a counterfeit FMCG products racket and arrested three persons allegedly involved in manufacturing and distributing duplicate branded goods worth over ₹20.3 lakh. Officials said on Sunday that the arrested accused were Arun Gupta (36), a cab driver from Gota-Chandlodia, his brother Sachin Gupta (38), a driver from Chandlodia,…
Surat: A father’s attempt to curb his children’s ‘Free Fire’ addiction spiralled into a tense episode, as three minor siblings fled home with Rs 15,000 after being scolded and travelled across cities before being traced and rescued after four days.The search for siblings — two brothers aged 14 and 11, and their 9-year-old sister —…
Ahmedabad: “He is away for a year on work,” Jagruti Goswami would allegedly tell family and neighbours when asked about her husband, Shantigiri. The charade continued for nearly seven months until Sunday when Ahmedabad crime branch found out that Jagruti, with her lover Kantilal Sabaria, had killed Shantigiri in Oct 2025 and thrown his body…
