Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) A coordinated statewide crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crime in Gujarat has led to the exposure of Rs 2,289 crore in fraud linked to mule bank accounts, alongside hundreds of arrests and large-scale enforcement action across multiple agencies.The operation, from December 1 to December 31, 2025, named ‘Operation Mule Hunt 1.0’, was conducted by the Cyber Centre of Excellence of the Gujarat Police with the involvement of police units across districts, including loc…
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Vadodara, June 1 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashok Oza has denied Gujarat Police allegations that he was involved in arranging a fake Intelligence Bureau (IB) verification call to a party worker, claiming instead that he has been falsely implicated and questioned about the party’s internal organisation and finances. Oza’s statement on Sunday marks the latest development in a controversy that began on May 28 when former Delhi MLA and party leader Durgesh Pathak alleged on social media pla…
Gandhinagar/Vadodara, May 31 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal of spreading false allegations against the state police after an investigation into an alleged Intelligence Bureau (IB) verification call led to the arrest of two men, including a senior AAP leader. “The number you called belongs to your own man. Why are you building a bundle of lies by portraying him as an IB officer?” Sanghavi said on Saturday, referri…
Anand/Vadodara, May 30 (IANS) Two men, including the Vadodara city president of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), have been arrested by Gujarat Police after an investigation into allegations that party workers were being threatened by Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials found that the calls had allegedly been made as part of an internal party rivalry, officials said on Saturday. The arrests came days after former Delhi MLA and AAP leader Durgesh Pathak alleged on the social media platform X that the Guj…
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, May 28 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said he would personally visit the Intelligence Bureau (IB) office in Gujarat to seek answers over alleged verification calls being made to party workers, as the party accused central agencies of targeting its workers in the state. The controversy began after AAP Gujarat co-incharge Durgesh Pathak claimed on the social media platform X that one of the party’s workers in Gujarat had been …
Gandhinagar, May 28 (IANS) Bharat Taxi, a driver-owned mobility cooperative launched earlier this year, has expanded to more than 35 lakh users and over six lakh drivers across India, positioning itself as one of the country’s largest cooperative-based transport platforms.The platform, launched on February 5 by Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, operates on a zero-commission model in which drivers are treated as stakeholders rather than employees.According to the company, the mode…
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a 27-year-old man accused of impersonating a Gujarat Police Sub-Inspector on dating and matrimonial platforms by using AI-generated photographs and police insignia to allegedly deceive women into relationships, obtain money and other assistance from them. The Crime Branch said on Friday that the accused, Himanshu alias Rocky Panchal, is originally from Udaipur in Rajasthan and was staying in the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad.He was a…
Gandhinagar, May 21 (IANS) Gujarat Police have traced 701 missing persons within a span of two weeks under ‘Operation Milaap’, a statewide drive aimed at locating individuals reported missing since 2007 and reuniting them with their families, officials said on Thursday. The operation, conducted between May 7 and May 21, has been described by Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi as a coordinated effort supported by strengthened policing resources.The Deputy Chief Minister said the results reflect…
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 …
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…