Ahmedabad/New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has alleged a pattern of arrests targeting its workers in Gujarat ahead of local body elections, with its national convenor Arvind Kejriwal writing to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel seeking a meeting and claiming the actions were part of a “pre-planned conspiracy” to weaken the party.In a letter issued on Thursday, Kejriwal said more than 160 party workers had been arrested in the past three months and that the pace of detentions …
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Ahmedabad, April 1 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat on Wednesday alleged that the Gujarat Police has detained its party President Isudan Gadhvi at Khambhalia police station in Devbhumi Dwarka district, where he had gone to meet party workers.AAP MLA from Visavadar, Gopal Italia, said that Gadhvi was detained at around 2:30 p.m. after arriving at the police station. He alleged that police told party members they had received instructions “from the BJP office” to detain AAP leaders.Italia…
Ahmedabad, March 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Ahmedabad against a chartered accountant accused of defrauding a trust of over Rs six crore, officials said on Monday. In a statement issued on Monday, the agency said the complaint was filed in connection with a cheating case involving Tehmul Sethna, a practising chartered accountant, who allegedly defrauded the Environm…
Vadodara, March 21 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday said Gujarat is increasingly leveraging technology to strengthen both development and public safety, as he announced and inaugurated projects worth Rs 538 crore across Vadodara city and district. Speaking at a programme where around 55 projects were inaugurated or had their foundation stones laid, Sanghavi said the scale of works reflected the state government’s commitment to overall development.“Through the coo…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The police investigation into the recent wave of bomb threats targeting courts, post offices, and passport offices across West Bengal has revealed that the perpetrators utilised Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and foreign servers to conceal their identities. Investigators on Wednesday said that the digital trail behind the hoax bomb threats points to servers outside India. A senior intelligence officer with the West Bengal Police said that the mastermind behind the panic…
Anand/Gandhinagar, March 7 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Anand district have secured convictions in all seven cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act between March and December 2024, with six offenders sentenced to life imprisonment and another awarded a 20-year prison term.Two additional judgments delivered on Friday sentenced the accused in both cases to life imprisonment.With these verdicts, six of the seven convicted offenders have received life terms …
Gandhinagar, March 5 (IANS) The Cyber Centre of Excellence of the Gujarat Police has arrested two men accused of recruiting individuals and sending them abroad to work in cyber fraud operations linked to international cyber slavery networks, officials said on Thursday.The accused have been identified as Kaushik Pethani from Amreli and Dhruv Dobariya from Surat. The arrests were made following specific intelligence inputs received by the police.According to investigators, the two allegedly target…
Gandhinagar, Feb 18 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi inaugurated and laid the foundation for multiple police welfare and infrastructure projects in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, marking a significant investment of Rs 273 crore aimed at improving the living conditions of police families and enhancing law enforcement facilities across the state.Addressing the event, Sanghavi said, “The Gujarat Police stand guard day and night to ensure the safety of citizens, and under the guidance of Chi…
Gandhinagar, Feb 12 (IANS) More than 15.27 lakh students across Gujarat will appear for the Class 10 and 12 board examinations beginning on February 26, following a comprehensive review of preparedness by the state government in Gandhinagar.The review meeting on Thursday, chaired by Education Minister Dr Pradyuman Vaja at the Vidya Samiksha Kendra, was attended by Minister of State for Education Rivaba Jadeja, senior officials of the Education Department, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Seconda…
Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Monday virtually inaugurated a series of police projects worth approximately Rs 202.85 crore across Ahmedabad, aimed at strengthening the state’s security framework and improving the welfare and efficiency of law enforcement personnel. The projects include a new Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) building at Chharodi (Rs 47.98 crore), an urban police station at Bodakdev (Rs 33.49 crore), police housing and PSI quarters at Amraiwadi …