Ahmedabad: The cybercrime branch of the city police has arrested thirteen individuals, including the alleged mastermind, in the case of cyber fraud amounting to Rs 1.15 crore, involving Shailendra Raj Mehta, the president and director of Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA). Among the 13 accused, four individuals, namely Moin Ingariya (main suspect, 26), Mihir Topiya (23), Praful Valani (43), and Rohit Vaghela (24), hail from Dhoraji in Rajkot. Four others are from Rajkot city — Ronak S...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has today transferred, and promoted 35 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. In this reshuffle, Surat and Vadodara have got the new Police Commissioners.  Vadodara Police Commissioner Aupalm Singh Gehlot has been shifted as Police Commissioner of Surat city. Narsimha Komar will replace him as Police Commissioner of Vadodara city.   Read More

Ahmedabad: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the CID Crime division recently arrested several people, including the main accused, involved in a Rs 7 crore scam. Allegedly, the suspect established a company in the UK, enticing 38 individuals to invest with the promise of high returns, only to defraud them. Ravirajsinh Vaghela, the main accused, was apprehended from Amreli on April 7 and is currently in police custody until April 15. Vaghela purportedly registered a firm named Right Group ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Crime Investigation Department (CID) announced on Wednesday that it has summoned approximately 300 Right to Information (RTI) activists across the state to verify their credentials and investigate the purposes for which they utilized the information obtained under the RTI Act. This action comes after the Ahmedabad-based RTI activist Mahendra Patel was booked in four cases of alleged extortion since January. It is learned that the activists summoned are linked to Mahendr...Read More

Gandhinagar: Superintendent of Police of Chhota Udepur and Ahmedabad Rural in Gujarat are ordered to be transferred as per the order by the Election Commission of India. Election Commission ordered transfers such DMs & SPs who are not conferred IAS and IPS respectively. Transfers of 8 non-cadre SPs/SSPs and 5 non-cadre DMs in four states of Gujarat, Punjab, Odisha and West Bengal have happened accordingly. DeshGujaratRead More

Ahmedabad: In yet another incident of police insensitivity toward the public in distress, a call recording of the conversation between 22-year-old Divya Jadav and Bopal Police Station Head Constable Rajeshdan Gadhvi went viral on Tuesday. In the call that Divya made to Bopal police, she could be heard urgently requesting Gadhvi to dispatch a team to her residence immediately as their neighbor Utkash Barot had assaulted her mother once again. When Divya asked the constable when the police woul...Read More

Gandhinagar: The election commission on Monday evening appointed new officials to take over duties at police stations where individuals have been placed on 'leave reserve' in accordance with the moral code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls. JCP Ajay Chaudhari from the special branch has been assigned responsibility for sector one, previously overseen by Chirag Koradia. The role of Ahmedabad range IG, previously held by Paramveer Singh, has been passed on to JCP Brijesh Jha for sector two. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Citizens in Gujarat can now dial 14449 number for reporting misconduct or voice a complain regarding any police staffer. This helpline has been activated by Gujarat Police as per the High Court's order. Any complain regarding police staffer on this number will directly go to the control room set up by the DGP who is the State police chief. The helpline number and related special control room is monitored by DGP (Law & Order). The number will be advertised on radio and TV and ot...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat police have confiscated 32,590 kg of drugs valued at ₹5,338 crores over the past two years, as stated by the Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi, in the state assembly on Thursday. The MoS Home was responding to a question posed by Padra MLA Chaitanyasinh Zala, who inquired about the seizure of drugs in Vadodara and Devbhumi Dwarka. In the response, the minister stated that in 2022 and 2023, a total of 522 cases were registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Ps...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Director General of Police Vikas Sahay today refuted reports regarding a 2-year-old boy going missing on the Nicaragua-bound flight that returned to India from France. The chartered flight, an Airbus A340 operated by Romanian charter company Legend Airlines, was grounded in France for four days over suspected human trafficking before landing in Mumbai on December 26 with 276 passengers. Sahay informed the media that the news reports claiming the child is untraceable ar...Read More