Tag: Gujarat police

Missing women mystery: Gujarat cops say 39,000 of them traced

The police said 95 per cent of them have been traced and returned to their families. They clarified that the women who had gone missing were not trafficked, but had left home for such personal reasons like family dispute, failure in examination, etc.

May 9, 2023

Gujarat cops justify public flogging of Muslims

An affidavit submitted in the high court on the flogging of Muslims during Navratri last year, Kheda district police officials have said that the public flogging of the detained Muslims was carried out to maintain peace and harmony in the area.

February 22, 2023

BSF working in tandem with Gujarat Police to bring facts about its head constable’s murder

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was reportedly killed by family members of a boy, whom he went to accost for allegedly uploading a video of his minor daughter online, police said earlier.

December 27, 2022

Trinamool spokesman Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat Police from Jaipur airport

The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police on Tuesday detained Trinamool Congress spokesman, Saket Gokhale from the Jaipur airport.

December 6, 2022

Four Italians nabbed for defacing in Ahmedabad metro coaches

The accused were grilled for hours by the ATS and other agencies for what they wrote while making graffiti on the metro coaches. However, nothing suspicious was found during the investigation.

October 4, 2022

68 girls in Gujarat college force-stripped to prove they were not menstruating; probe on

The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo moto cognisance in the matter and has set up an inquiry team, which will visit and speak with the students of the institute.

February 15, 2020

Patidar leader Hardik Patel ‘missing’ for 20 days, claims wife, accuses Gujarat govt of targeting him

Though the whereabouts of Hardik Patel are yet to be traced, he had last congratulated Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on his victory in the assembly elections, through a message from his verified handle on Twitter on February 11.

February 14, 2020

Contraband seized from Pakistani boat in Indian waters, five apprehended

It has been reported that in past two years antinational elements involved in narcotics smuggling have attempted to smuggle contraband drug, Heroin, through Gujarat coastline.

January 6, 2020

In touch with MEA, other agencies: Police, amid reports of Swami Nithyananda fleeing abroad

Ahmedabad Rural SP further said, 'We are also in touch with MEA as we have to follow the proper channels.'

November 22, 2019

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder: Clothes matching CCTV suspects recovered at hotel near Hindu leader’s home

The two suspects who were zeroed in through the CCTV footage are believed to have changed their clothes at the hotel before running away.

October 20, 2019

3 arrested in UP Hindu leader’s murder confess to crime; 2 suspects on the run: Police

UP DGP OP Singh said that the assailants brought sweets and spent over half an hour with Kamlesh Tiwari before shooting him dead.

October 19, 2019

Dalit victims of Una seek Prez nod for mercy killing

The victims of Una flogging of July 2016 sought the President ’s permission for their mercy killing as they say the Gujarat govt is openly siding with the accused on bail.

November 29, 2018

Three killed, two injured in group clash in Gujarat

Two members of the group led by Dhabi were also injured in the clash and admitted to hospital, he said.

August 13, 2018

OBC youth forced to shave moustache for using ‘Sinh’ in name

Upper caste tyranny in north Gujarat continues unabated as it has now claimed the moustache of a young man for adding the suffix ‘Sinh’ to his name in an invitation card. Only a few weeks back, a Dalit family in the same region was attacked during their wedding celebrations for adding TO their name the...

June 1, 2018

Surat rape-murder case: 3 persons arrested by Gujarat Police

Three persons, including the main perpetrator, involved in the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Surat have been arrested, the Gujarat government said on Friday. Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja told the media here that Gujarat Police arrested the key perpetrator from a village in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan, who will...

April 20, 2018

Gujarat scans 8,000 missing girls’ data to identify rape victim

The Gujarat Police have scanned the data of as many as 8,000 missing girls to identify a nine-year-old girl in Surat whose body was found with 86 injury marks, including on her private parts, Minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja said on Monday. She is believed to have been kidnapped, tortured and raped before being dumped near a...

April 16, 2018

Guj cops shame Dalit youth slain for riding horse

Acting predictably, the Gujarat Police have indulged in victim shaming and character assassination by dismissing allegations that a Dalit youth in Bhavnagar was killed by upper caste men because he owned and rode a horse. It is not unusual for police in Gujarat to shame the victims of atrocities, especially if they belong to lower...

April 2, 2018