Surat: A 30-year-old GST inspector posted in Surat has accused a Gandhinagar-based PG hostel owner of cheating her of Rs 26.8 lakh by luring her into investing in his business with promises of high returns and later threatening to tarnish her reputation when she sought her money back.According to the FIR, Dimple Jethwa, a GST…
Surat: A 62-year-old man with a penchant for using acid in violent crimes was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a court here, for the 2019 murder of a 23-year-old man. The court cited his history of similar brutal offences to rule that this case was indeed the “rarest of the rare”.The Surat district and…
Surat: A city jeweller was cheated of Rs 23 lakh after fraudsters swapped 30 gold rings for counterfeit gold bars, prompting Katargam police to book two persons and launch an investigation into the duplicate gold scam.The victim, Mahesh Jikadara (38), runs a jewellery firm in partnership in Surat and operates a business website listing contact…
Surat: A woman tenant was arrested for allegedly stealing 15 tolas of gold jewellery worth Rs 17.77 lakh from her landlady’s house in Katargam, while the family was away on an outing, police said on Tuesday.The complainant, Shilpa Padmani, 42, is a teacher at a private school here, while her husband runs a textile business…
