Rajkot: Rajkot police today busted a scam of online cricket betting taking place in a private cafe 'Tea Post' here in the city, where customers were using QR codes to place bets. It is learnt that QR codes were printed on tea cups, allowing users to scan the code and access the online betting platform. The process involved customers scanning the QR code, which would open a link that displayed the WhatsApp logo on their mobile devices. By clicking the logo, individuals could directly commun...Read More

Rajkot: The police have nabbed three people, including a female, for making and placing a timer bomb disguised as a parcel in a mobile accessories shop in Gundawadi area of Rajkot city. The manager of Gujarat Mobiles in Gundawadi, named Bhavaram Chaudhari, filed a complaint at Bhaktinagar police station on April 7th. The complaint stated that a female customer placed a parcel in his shop on the evening of April 6th and did not return to retrieve it. The parcel exploded at 2.48 am, causing a f...Read More

Rajkot: The Rajkot crime branch has arrested Saidabibi alias Shahidabanu alias Salma Firozkhan Pathan (36) who used to strip elderly women of their jewellery by luring them with promises of widow pension or to get the payout increased in case they were already receiving it. A police complaint had been registered at the city’s ‘A’ Division police station according to which a woman had taken an elderly woman to the civil hospital promising her that she would get widow pension but had inst...Read More

Rajkot: Acting on a tip-off, SOG Rajkot, PI, J D Jhala, and his team conducted a raid and have arrested a drug peddler, Sudha Dhameliya, as well as her accomplice Aniruddhasinh Vaghela and recovered 10.75 grams of narcotic (Mafedron) worth Rs 1.07 lakh from her purse. During the frisking of Dhameliya’s purse, the police also found two mobile phones and Rs 150 in cash. During interrogation, Dhameliya and Aniruddha confessed to having procured Mafedron from Mumbai. The police have begun pr...Read More

Rajkot: Cyber Crime wing of city Police has nabbed an ex-business partner of a person running a website designing business in Rajkot; for hacking his former partner's ID through GoDaddy and putting his domains on sale at an amount of over Rs 3 crores without informing him. The complainant, who runs a business of website designing and mobile app development named Link Solution had filed a complaint in cyber crime police station against the accused Divyesh Jentibhai Gami, living in Ravapar in ...Read More

Rajkot: Hours after Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani posted a video message on his Facebook account to issue strong warning against goons, State Police Chief DGP Ashish Bhatia is visiting Rupani's home town Rajkot, former capital of Saurashtra today. Bhatia is going to receive guard of honour. He is also going to address the press at Circuit house. He is also going to hold a meeting with senior police officials from across Saurashtra region. DGP Bhatia had last month in his talk with ...Read More

Rajkot: Angry mob today held demonstration in front of Thorala police station in Rajkot where the culprit of murder of an old lady and rape and murder of a 3 year old tribal girl was kept. Ramesh Koli was arrested by the crime branch of Rajkot police. He had killed an aged lady Asmaben Vekariya for loot and later kidnapped a tribal girl and murdered her brutally after rape. Angry mob of locals had assembled outside the Thorala police station situated on Bh...Read More