Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) As part of a special ongoing campaign against illegal arms, the Gujarat Police, acting on precise intelligence provided by the Rajasthan Anti-Terrorism Squad, arrested an accused identified as Krishna Kumar Agarwal (46), son of Ramratan Agarwal and a resident of Goregaon East, Mumbai, officials said on Saturday. A ‘Made in USA’ shotgun, a country-made firearm and 35 cartridges were recovered from his possession.The accused was allegedly transporting the weapons in an MG …
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Mumbai/New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of all 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the alleged fake encounter killings of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kauser Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad dismissed the appeals filed by Sohrabuddin’s brothers, Rubabuddin and Nayabuddin, challenging the December 2018 judgment of a special CBI court acquitting all the acc…
Surat, May 3 (IANS) Free meditation sessions organised during the Vibrant Gujarat Regional Conference (VGRC) at Auro University in Hazira have attracted more than 200 participants so far, including delegates from the Ukrainian and Russian embassies, with organisers confirming the programme will continue in multiple batches until May 5, officials said on Sunday. The sessions, conducted by the Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, are being held daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for visiting delegates and…
Surat, May 1 (IANS) Surat became the focal point of state celebrations on Friday as the 66th ‘Gujarat Gaurav Diwas’ was marked with a large-scale police parade, cultural performances and public participation led by Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.The celebrations began with Governor Acharya Devvrat taking the salute at Y Junction before formally flagging off the grand parade towards Lalbhai Contractor Stadium.The event was attended by Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R…
Gandhinagar, April 30 (IANS) Gujarat Police have achieved a mobile phone recovery rate well above the national average, ranking third among large states in the country, according to official data, in a development that underscores the growing use of technology to tackle telecom-related crime.Over the past year, Gujarat Police recovered 53,564 stolen handsets, recording a recovery rate of 46.71 per cent compared with the national average of 32.6 per cent.Across India, a total of 50,48,516 mobile …
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…
Valsad, April 17 (IANS) Customs officers in Gujarat’s Valsad district seized a large consignment of Indian-made liquor valued at nearly Rs 50 lakh after intercepting a suspected boat off the Kolak coast in Gujarat, officials said on Friday. According to an official statement, officers of the Customs Division at Valsad under Ahmedabad Customs were conducting routine sea patrolling when they observed a suspicious vessel moving towards the shoreline.The boat was intercepted near the Kolak sea coast…
Gandhinagar, April 17 (IANS) The Gujarat Police have intensified the use of preventive detention against repeat offenders in narcotics cases, with five more individuals detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PIT NDPS Act) and sent to jails across the state, officials said on Friday. The latest action takes the number of detentions under the PIT NDPS Act to 21 in the first four months of 2026.In 2025, a total of 86 accused were de…
Gandhinagar/Nagpur, April 10 (IANS) A Gujarat Police sniffer dog has won a national gold medal after a gap of 16 years, emerging as the top performer in the tracking category at the 69th All India Police Duty Meet (AIPDM) held in Nagpur in Maharashtra, officials said on Friday.‘Check’, a male dog from the Gujarat Police, secured the gold medal in tracking and also won a bronze medal in the overall tracking category at the 2025–26 championship held during March and April 2026.The national-l…
Gandhinagar, April 10 (IANS) The Gujarat Police has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based investigation tool designed to strengthen the handling of narcotics cases and improve conviction rates, in what officials say is the first such system deployed by any state police force in India.The application, named ‘NARIT AI’ (Narcotics Analysis and RAG-based Investigation Tool), was launched in Gandhinagar as part of the state’s zero-tolerance approach to drug-related offences.It is int…