Ahmedabad, June 21 (IANS) A man convicted in a 1997 robbery and gang rape case has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh after remaining absconding for nearly a decade following a parole violation, Gujarat Police said on Sunday. The arrest was made by the Ahmedabad Rural Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Parole Furlough Squad during “Operation Karavas-2”, a statewide drive launched to trace and apprehend parole and furlough absconders.According to police, the operation was conducted from June 8 to June …
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Gandhinagar, June 20 (IANS) With the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 examination scheduled to be held across the country on Sunday, the Gujarat Police has said on Saturday that it is fully prepared to ensure the examination is conducted in a peaceful and secure environment, with stringent security arrangements covering every stage of the process from question paper movement to answer sheet collection. Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Makrand Chauhan…
Rajkot/Morbi, June 19 (IANS) The Special Monitoring Cell (SMC) of Gujarat Police seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 1.26 crore and recovered vehicles, mobile phones and cash valued at more than Rs 1.81 crore in two separate prohibition operations conducted in Rajkot and Morbi districts. In the first operation, the SMC conducted a prohibition cutting raid at a premises in the RK-9 Industrial Area of Kuvadva in Rajkot.During the raid at Shri Ramdev Plot No. 5, police recov…
Ahmedabad, June 18 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 2 crore in connection with a disproportionate assets case involving a Western Railway employee, following an investigation into the alleged acquisition of wealth beyond known sources of income.The action was taken by the Ahmedabad Zonal Office of the agency under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The case pertains to Prashan…
Gandhinagar, June 10 (IANS) Gujarat Police traced 1,470 missing persons during a month-long statewide drive named ‘Operation Milap’, including hundreds of women and children, after reopening long-pending cases dating back nearly two decades, officials said on Wednesday. The special campaign, launched across the state on May 7, was aimed at locating missing persons and reuniting them with their families.According to police records, 24,767 people have been reported missing in Gujarat since 2007, p…
Gandhinagar, June 8 (IANS) Gujarat Police have arrested 609 illegal Bangladeshi nationals across the state under the ongoing ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, with authorities intensifying verification and enforcement measures against illegal immigration, officials said on Monday. According to official figures released up to 8 p.m. on June 6, those detained include 161 men, 323 women, and 125 children.The largest number of arrests was recorded in Ahmedabad City, where 207 people were detained, followed by…
Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) Ahmedabad has emerged as the epicentre of Gujarat Police’s ongoing ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, accounting for the highest number of Bangladeshi nationals identified during the statewide verification and enforcement drive and offering investigators an unprecedented insight into how undocumented migrants were living, working and moving across the state. The operation, launched simultaneously across Gujarat after weeks of intelligence gathering, telecom analysis, technical surv…
Gandhinagar, June 6 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Saturday appointed Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Gyanender Singh Malik as the new Director General and Inspector General of Police (DGP) of the state, filling the vacant top post in the police hierarchy with immediate effect. In a notification issued by the Home Department, the government stated: “Gyanender Singh Malik, IPS (GJ:1993), Commissioner of Police, Ahmedabad City, is appointed on the vacant cadre post of Director General and Inspec…
Gandhinagar, June 5 (IANS) Gujarat Police arrested 568 Bangladeshi nationals allegedly residing illegally in the state as part of the ongoing statewide crackdown known as ‘Operation Delta hunt’, with authorities indicating that search and verification drives are continuing across multiple districts. According to the state government, the arrests were made during coordinated operations conducted across Gujarat under the supervision of Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi.The lat…
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat Police have widened their investigation beyond the detention of hundreds of suspected illegal Bangladeshi migrants and are now examining the network of local agents, employers, and facilitators who allegedly helped them obtain accommodation, employment, and identity documents. On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said that ‘Operation Delta Hunt’ was not limited to identifying foreign nationals residing illegally in the state, but also aimed to unc…