Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 21 (IANS): The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has widened its investigation into an alleged illegal online cricket betting and cyber fraud network, with authorities reporting multiple arrests, extensive use of mule bank accounts and suspected fraudulent transactions amounting to more than Rs 324 crore.The case originated in May this year with the arrest of Vijay Kardani, following which investigators began tracing a wider network allegedly operating ac…
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Rajkot, June 6 (IANS) A consignment of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth more than Rs 63 lakh was seized from a truck parked at a hotel on the Rajkot-Bhavnagar highway during a prohibition raid conducted by the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) on Saturday, officials said. According to the SMC, the raid was carried out at the parking area of Tulsi Hotel near Halenda village under the jurisdiction of Aji Dam Police Station in Rajkot city.During the operation, officers recovered 5,280 bottles of I…
Ahmedabad, April 2 (IANS) Foreign liquor worth around Rs 81.92 lakh was seized during a raid by the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) near Chharodi village on the Sanand-Viramgam highway in Ahmedabad Rural, officials said on Thursday, as part of an operation targeting an alleged illegal supply network. According to investigators, a total of 11,332 bottles of foreign liquor of various brands were recovered from an open plot belonging to Mansi Industries.The liquor was found to have been manufactu…
Sabarkantha, Feb 24 (IANS) The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) carried out a major operation in Idar city on Tuesday, raiding an illegal international call centre that had operated for three years under the pretext of online classes. The centre was located in a rented property within the complex of former BJP vice-president Mukesh Solanki on Idar-Barvav Road.According to police, the call centre was used to target foreign citizens with fraudulent schemes.The suspects lured individuals with prom…