Gandhinagar: Gujarat police is organizing a 'Lok Darbars' across the state starting Monday for a week to intensify the drive against harassment by loan sharks. Minister of State for Home Affairs, Harsh Sanghavi, announced the drive on Sunday. Public hearings are being held by police officers of grades PI and above in their jurisdictions to take legal action against money lenders who have been exploiting the poor and middle class by charging exorbitant interest rates. According to the state...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia stated that Gujarat has achieved the status of the best state in terms of peace and safety of the citizens in the country. He was speaking to media persons in reference to the recent report of the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) 2021. The crime rate of theft, housebreaking, and looting is 21.7 % in Gujarat as per the report. It was 35.5 percent in 2017. In contrast, the crime rate of theft, housebreaking theft, and loot in the country is 55.8 %. T...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Police chief Ashish Bhatia who was going to retire from the Indian Police Service (IPS) on May 31st this year, has been in a special case given 8 months extension. He will continue to serve as State police chief for 8 more months beyond 31st May 2022. The decision has been taken by the union cabinet's appointment committee. Bhatia's extension in service was proposed by the union Home ministry. Bhatia was appointed as DGP of Gujarat on 31st July, 2020 succeeding Shivanand Jha...Read More

Gandhinagar: State Police chief, Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia is down with Covid-19 infection. He is suffering from mild symptoms of Covid infection and taking rest at his residence. Additional charge of his post has been handed over to year 1985 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer TS Bist who is DGP of Administration. In another news, Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi has also been tested covid positive today. DeshGujaratRead More

Gandhinagar: CID crime has constituted an SIT in connection with sensational Bitcoin extortion and loot case and nabbed 3 policeman, DGP CID-Crime Ashish Bhatia today informed. Addressing a press conference he said that so far nine policeman including LCB PI Anant Patel has been lodged in this connection. A CID team today conducted raids in Amreli and arrested 3 policeman including Babu Der and Vijay. He said that an SIT under DIG CID Dipankar Trivedi has b...Read More