Vadodara: A businessman was duped of Rs 17.71 lakh by a person who promised to arrange a loan in the city. The accused identified as Rakesh Thakor cheated Aditya Parekh by promising the latter a loan of Rs 4 crore.According to the police, Parekh met Thakor in 2022. Thakor told Parekh that he can arrange…
The two were convicted under Section 379A(3) of IPC Surat: A court here on Saturday sentenced two men to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for snatching a lawyer’s mobile phone during a late-night walk. The court said it was the judiciary’s duty to curb such offences and ensure citizens can live safely.The two were convicted under…
Vadodara: A sessions court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for throwing acid on his wife in the city. Inayat Sheikh, a resident of Shiyapura, was held guilty of throwing acid on Kulsumbanu in a fit of rage at their house in Oct. The court has also fined Shaikh Rs 1 lakh.The couple’s son…
Vadodara: A man was found murdered at Dashrath village early on Friday morning. Umed Vasava was killed by unidentified persons while guarding a plot near his house. Chhani police said that 45-year-old Vasava used to work in a garage for a living.Vasava’s father worked as a guard at the plot. “As his father had undergone…
Surat: A domestic dispute in Bhatha village turned fatal evening when a 31-year-old woman allegedly stabbed her husband with a potato peeler during a quarrel on Tuesday evening, leading to his death and her arrest by Ichhapore police.Police said Manisha Rathod and her husband, Raju Yadav, both 31, got into an argument after Yadav returned…
AHMEDABAD: For nine years, Komal Solanki’s death remained buried under a missing-person complaint, an accidental death report and a critical communication gap between two police stations. On Tuesday, the mystery was solved when the city crime branch arrested her husband, for allegedly murdering her and passing it off as a disappearance during the 2017 rath…
Vadodara: A 24-year-old man was arrested by Vadodara rural police on Thursday for allegedly murdering a five-year-old girl in Shinor taluka. The accused had allegedly kidnapped the girl early on Monday morning when she was sleeping with her grandfather in the compound of her house.Police said that he was walking away with the girl when…
Surat: A Surat-based diamond trader has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 9.11 lakh by six persons, including a doctor, who promised to exchange US dollars received as donations at a religious place and an NGO for Indian currency. Umra police have registered a cheating case against all six accused and launched an investigation.According…
Vadodara: In a swift breakthrough in the murder that rocked Vadodara, crime branch on Friday arrested the prime accused for allegedly stabbing a 30-year-old man to death in public earlier this month. The accused was tracked down after he briefly fled to Mumbai.Detection of crime branch (DCB) arrested Darshan Marwadi from the Kapurai area on…
Vadodara: A man allegedly killed his cousin and buried the body near a check dam in Panchmahal district’s Kalol taluka, with police later uncovering the crime and arresting both the accused and the victim’s wife.Police arrested Dharmendrasinh Solanki for allegedly murdering his cousin, Rajesh Solanki, on June 4 and concealing the body on the outskirts…
