Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) Three people, including an elderly woman, who were stranded in floodwaters for nearly 11 hours on the outskirts of Ahmedabad were rescued in the early hours of Friday after a joint overnight operation by the district administration and Ahmedabad Rural Police, as heavy rain continued to disrupt normal life across the city and surrounding areas.According to Ahmedabad Rural Police, the three individuals had been trapped in rising floodwaters from around 3 p.m. on Thursday …
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Ahmedabad/Gwalior, July 17 (IANS) A 25‑year‑old man from Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior has been arrested after allegedly posing as a Hindu youth on a messaging application to sexually exploit a 17‑year‑old girl, Ahmedabad Rural police said on Friday. Police said the girl was contacted in February this year on a messaging app called “A-Chat” by someone using the name “Sonu” and claiming to be a 23‑year‑old unmarried man.Over months, the man, who later identified himself as Bittukha…
Ahmedabad, July 9 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Rural Police on Thursday arrested three more people in an alleged fake blood plasma racket, taking the total number of arrests to seven, as investigators expanded the probe to Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh after tracing the movement of adulterated plasma through an interstate supply chain.The latest arrests include Ajit Solanki, 33, of Bavla in Ahmedabad district, and Maharashtra blood bank operators Prakash Sangale and …
Ahmedabad, June 28 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Rural Police of Gujarat have seized 358 bottles of suspected intoxicating cough syrup worth Rs 70,884 from a pick-up truck and arrested one man during a targeted anti-narcotics operation in the Aslali area of the district. The seizure was made near Satva Arcade Complex on the Sarkhej-Dholka Road following specific intelligence inputs about the transportation of illicit cough syrup.Police intercepted a vehicle from which 358 bottles of intoxicating cough sy…
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, June 24 (IANS) Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said on Wednesday that the state government would take strict action against all those involved in the alleged blood plasma adulteration racket busted in Ahmedabad district, describing the tampering of life-saving medical supplies as a “grave offence that endangered patients’ health”. His remarks came a day after the Ahmedabad Rural Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) dismantled a racket accused of replacing genu…
Ahmedabad, May 10 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Rural Police has destroyed 93,426 bottles and beer tins of seized foreign liquor worth Rs 4.19 crore in connection with prohibition cases registered at Dhandhuka, Dholera and Bagodara police stations, officials said on Sunday.The destruction drive was carried out at the Dhandhuka Nagarpalika Solid Waste Disposal Centre and MRF Centre on the Dhandhuka-Barwala Road between 9 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. after court orders permitting disposal of the seized stock.Accordi…
Ahmedabad, April 25 (IANS) Ahead of local body elections in Gujarat, Ahmedabad rural police have stepped up enforcement and security measures, seizing illicit liquor worth over Rs one crore and intensifying preventive action as part of preparations for polling scheduled on April 26. Officials said that 5,360 litres of country liquor, valued at Rs 10.72 lakh, and 16,976 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor, worth Rs 96.94 lakh, have been seized during ongoing drives.Between April 1 and Apr…