Surat, July 25 (IANS) A 25-year-old fashion video creator has been arrested by the Surat City Crime Branch on Saturday for allegedly circulating a fabricated social media post linked to the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, which police said was intended to spread false rumours, incite hostility and disturb public peace. According to the officials, the social media post, which went viral on July 24, carried the caption, “Heartfelt tribute to a girl at Jantar Mantar, Delhi”, along …
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Surat, July 2 (IANS) The Surat City Police facilitated the return of Rs 2.52 crore to 61 victims of cyber fraud during the first six months of 2026, while broader recovery efforts have secured court orders for refunds totalling Rs 13.38 crore for 1,824 applicants, highlighting the growing use of legal mechanisms to recover money lost in online financial scams.The recoveries were made under the ‘Tera Tujhko Arpan’ programme, through which 15 beneficiaries were symbolically presented refund cheque…
Surat, July 1 (IANS) The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat City Police has arrested two men from Odisha and seized 20 kilograms of ganja valued at Rs 10 lakh during a raid at a residential premises in the Ved Road area of Gujarat’s Surat as part of an ongoing drive against narcotics trafficking in the city, officials said on Wednesday.Acting on specific intelligence, an SOG team raided Room No. 2 on the second floor of House No. 48 in Meena Nagar Co-operative Housing Society, opposite Akha…
Surat, June 20 (IANS) The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat City Police in Gujarat has arrested a 35-year-old man and seized 497 grams of prohibited hybrid ganja valued at Rs 17.39 lakh during an operation in the Adajan area, as part of the city police’s ongoing drive against narcotics trafficking, officials said on Saturday. According to police, the operation was carried out following specific intelligence inputs received by SOG personnel.Acting on the information, a surveillance team w…
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…
Surat, June 3 (IANS) The Surat City Police have arrested 77 people across several states and registered 58 cyber fraud cases after a three-day operation targeting mule account networks used to move and conceal proceeds from online scams, uncovering fraud transactions worth Rs 23.85 crore and freezing more than Rs 1.04 crore linked to the accounts under investigation. The action was carried out under “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, a special drive conducted from May 31 to June 2 under the direct s…
Surat, May 20 (IANS) The Surat City Police apprehended 73 people, including several repeat offenders linked to serious crimes such as murder, robbery, and narcotics offences, during a city-wide crackdown on illegal weapons under a special drive called “Operation Rambo”, officials said on Wednesday. The operation was launched by the city police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) after Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot took note of the growing use of deadly weapons such as swords, knives, …