Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today relieved Ahmedabad police commissioner AK Singh who has been appointed as Director General of National Security Guards (NSG) at New Delhi. DGP (CID) Ashish Bhatia has been given additional charge of the post of the Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City till next order. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: In a major shuffle in Gujarat Police 25 Indian Police Service(IPS) officers and 15 SPS officers are transferred by Department of Home, Government of Gujarat. Two probationer IPS officers are given posting whereas three police inspectors are promoted to DSP cadre. RB Brahmbhatt is appointed new Police Commissioner of Surat city. Ajaykumar Tomar, ADGP, CID (C&R) is transferred as special CP, Crime to Ahmedabad Police. Shamsher Singh, ADGP, Armed Unit has been shifted as ADGP, CID...Read More

Gandhinagar: Director General of Gujarat Police (DGP) Shivanand Jha has in a circular conveyed the officials of his department to see that no police staffer in uniform or without uniform, in police station or at other place should do anything through social media which may cause harm to the department. He has asked the department officials to prevent the videos of police staffers to go viral. DGP in his circular said that any police official whether on leave or even under suspension or not o...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha has for the first time framed guidelines for appointment in the local crime branch (LCB) of district police and its responsibilities. A statement from the DGP office issued this evening said that this step would check the practice of appointment of those police personnel in this all important branch who remained in the 'good-book' of the district superintendents of police. The DGP has issued a special circular in this regard to all the SPs...Read More

Gandhinagar: From mid night tonight police would do patrolling in the areas of coastal Saurashtra in Gujarat to ensure that no body remains vulnerable in the wake of approaching cyclone VAYU or move towards the sea shore. Talking to newsmen here Principal Secretary of the revenue department, Pankaj Kumar said. He also said that so far around 2.15 lakh people including some 10 thousand tourist's have been shifted from more than 500 villages and other places. People wer...Read More

Botad: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police has nabbed history sheeter criminal Jusab Allarakha Sandh from the Botad forests during an operation in which four woman police officials were involved. Police today said that Sandh,resident of Ravani in Junagadh district was accused in at least 23 criminal cases including that of Murder, Loot, attack on police and running away from police custody etc. He had not returned to jail even after expiry of his parole period in ...Read More

Gandhinagar: In the case of recent seizure of 100 Kgs of Heroin from a sinking boat off Porbandar Coast, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police has today arrested two persons including an Afghanistan national who were to receive the consignment of the drug brought from Pakistan by Iranian smugglers worth over Rs 500 crore. They have been identified as one Mohammed Abdul Salaam Kunni, Resident of Kasargod, Kerala, aged 47 years, and Niyamat Khan Ahmedzai, Resident of Loga...Read More

Ahmedabad: City police commissioner of Ahmedabad AK Singh on Saturday completed Zuperman sprint triathlon in which he did 750 meter swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running in 1.57 hour and 17 seconds. DCP Crime Branch Deepan Bhadran participated in 40 km cycling and completed it in 1 hour 33 minutes while DCP Zone 4 Neeraj Badgujar completed 10 km running in 1 hour. CP AK Singh completed 1.5 km swimming in 38 minutes. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: There is good news for the sub inspectors (PSI) and constables of Gujarat police as the state government has decided to give them bigger residential accommodations. MoS Home Pradipsinh Jadeja said that both PSIs as well as constables would now get 3 BHK accommodations instead of the 2 BHK ones which were so far being allotted to them. 'The constables would get 50 to 55 square meter 3 BHK accommodations instead of current 41.85sq meters 2 BHK accommodation,'...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government today appointed J K Bhatt, the 1993 batch IPS officer who retired from services on January 31 as Special Commissioner (Crime Branch) as the second member of the Gujarat State Human Rights Commission (GSHRC). Confirming about his appointment Bhatt said that he has been appointed as the second member of the commission which was headed by Smt. Justice (retired) Abhilasha Kumari and M H Shah as its member. Notably, Bhatt has off-late been in limel...Read More