Ahmedabad, June 14 (IANS) A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Ahmedabad for allegedly posing as a Hindu widower on a matrimonial website, using forged documents and false claims about his personal life to gain the trust of widowed women before cheating them of money and property, officials said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Karim Sipai, a resident of Sarghatani Ghati in Kadi, Mehsana district, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch after a case was registered at the Mahila West Pol…
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Ahmedabad, June 2 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Police have seized methamphetamine weighing 7.084 kg, valued at over Rs 14.16 crore, and arrested a 48-year-old man during a targeted operation in the Naroda area following specific intelligence inputs, officials said on Tuesday.According to officials, senior officers had directed all units to intensify action against illegal narcotics trafficking and distribution networks.Officials said in-charge Inspector S.A. Kotadiya received confidential information th…
Ahmedabad, May 31 (IANS) A man was arrested near Sabarmati Railway Station in Ahmedabad after officers of the Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) of CID Crime seized 305.78 grams of suspected mephedrone, commonly known as MD, with an estimated value of Rs 9.17 lakh, officials said on Sunday. According to officials, the operation was carried out near the exit gate of Sabarmati Railway Station following specific intelligence inputs. The raid was conducted by a team from the ANTF-Ahmedabad Zone under …
Ahmedabad, May 9 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has solved a 34-year-old murder case through forensic investigation and DNA evidence, leading to the arrest of two persons accused in the killing of a woman who went missing from the Vatva area of the city in 1992, officials said on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Farzana Radhanpuri.According to police officials, the case was reopened after the Crime Branch received specific inputs suggesting that human remains had been buried in the Qut…
Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch in Gujarat has arrested a 27-year-old man allegedly linked to a larger narcotics network and seized mephedrone worth more than Rs 14 lakh during a raid in the Danilimda area, police said on Friday.The accused, identified as Noman Sheikh, was arrested from a rented flat at Al-Falah Apartment near Barrel Market in Danilimda following a tip-off received by the Crime Branch.During the raid conducted on May 6, officials recovered 468.640 grams of mep…
Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) An interstate coordination-led operation by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has resulted in the arrest of an absconding accused in a murder case registered in Aurangabad district of Bihar, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, Nazre Alam, 26, was wanted in connection with a case registered at Barun Police Station on April 1.The case has been booked under Sections 103(1), 61, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.As per the complaint, the deceased,…
Ahmedabad, April 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a 31-year-old man from Surendranagar district within hours of a social media post on X that allegedly hurt the sentiments of the Brahmin community and posed a risk to public peace, officials said on Monday.The accused, identified as Hasmukh alias Nikhil Chavda, is a resident of Housing Board Society near the Police Line in Thangadh of Surendranagar district.According to police, the action followed the detection of a post on April…
Ahmedabad, April 15 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch seized 412 grams of mephedrone valued at Rs 12.36 lakh and arrested two men during a raid in the Gheekanta area of Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, officials said on Wednesday.Officials added that the operation followed specific intelligence inputs received during election-related patrolling.The raid was carried out on April 13 at a place near the Laxmi Mata temple, opposite Navtad Pol.Police said their team was on patrol to maintain law and order ahead …
Ahmedabad, March 21 (IANS) Nearly five years after a murder and robbery case in 2021 went undetected in Chhattisgarh, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has now arrested the main accused, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Ajaykumar alias Lakshmisagar alias Kimtishri Mishra, was apprehended from Ahmedabad’s Naroda area after evading arrest for several years following the crime in Tikrapara, Raipur.Investigators said the case stemmed from a prolonged family dispute over property.Shakun…
Ahmedabad/Surat, March 19 (IANS) A counterfeit currency racket involving the manufacture and circulation of fake Rs 500 notes has been uncovered by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, with officers seizing Rs 2.38 crore in forged notes and arresting seven people, including a woman.The arrests were made on Wednesday night after officers intercepted a white Toyota Fortuner near Torrent Power in Amraiwadi, acting on specific Intelligence that counterfeit currency was being transported from Surat to Ahmedab…