Rajkot: A forest department employee was injured after he was allegedly attacked, abused and threatened with death by two men during a lion rescue operation in Amreli district. The accused insisted on being allowed to see the rescued lions, police said.A complaint was registered at Chalala police station against Asim Shaap alias Gulab Laliya, an…
Rajkot: The surveillance team of Rajula police station nabbed a listed fugitive who had been evading arrest for over 23 years.The accused, identified as Prakash Badhani (Badani), had allegedly fled in 2003 after stealing the salaries of security staff at Pipavav Port. The police tracked down Badhani, now 60, in Morbi.Badhani, originally from Malad in…
Rajkot: City crime branch registered a fresh case in the alleged land-for-loan scam that has already seen several complaints registered, after a farmer accused a group of loan operators of retaining control of his land despite full repayment of a Rs 9 lakh loan and later demanding Rs 1 crore to return it.The latest complaint…
The incident took place on Vadva Panwadi Road in Bhavnagar Rajkot: Two people were trapped under debris and had to be hospitalised after a two-storey house collapsed during repair work on Vadva Panwadi Road in Bhavnagar around 1 pm on Monday.The injured have been identified as 85-year-old Rajendra and Rajesh Chauhan. Preliminary investigations revealed that…
The lions reportedly climbed to a height of around 3,200 feet Amreli: Tense moments were witnessed on Datar Hill on Junagadh early on Monday morning when devotees spotted a pride of five Asiatic lions on the steps leading up the hill.The lions reportedly climbed to a height of around 3,200 feet, prompting forest officials to…
Rajkot: Tension gripped Sadak Pipaliya village in Gondal taluka of Rajkot district late on Saturday night after an armed group barged into a local family’s home, fired shots in the air, and assaulted members with metal pipes and sticks after a dispute over grazing goats.Rajkot Rural police arrested four persons and apprehended a minor in…
The accident took place on Bhavnagar-Somnath National Highway Rajkot: In a tragic morning crash, seven employees associated with the Alang Ship-Breaking Yard were killed when their vehicle rammed into a trailer parked by the roadside near Trapaj village on the Bhavnagar–Somnath National Highway on Tuesday.The accident occurred around 8.30am when the victims were travelling to…
Rajkot: A 19-year-old newly wed woman allegedly died by suicide by jumping into the Aji Dam on Sept 27, allegedly due to persistent harassment from her husband and in-laws over wedding debts and demands to sell her personal jewelry, police said.The incident came to light after the deceased Sangeeta Karodiya’s mother lodged a complaint at…
RAJKOT: In a horrifying case of vigilante brutality, a man was allegedly forced to perform sexual acts with a married woman with whom he was in a relationship and made to drink her urine as “punishment” in public glare as a so-called “purification ritual” in Surendranagar.The woman and her partner were allegedly subjected to the…
Rajkot: A 47-year-old history-sheeter and alleged gang leader from Porbandar district was detained in Mumbai and arrested on Wednesday, for allegedly sexually assaulting his 17-year-old daughter repeatedly over the past six years.The matter came to light after the minor contacted the 112 emergency helpline on Oct 2. An emergency response team dispatched to the location…
