Ahmedabad: In a major late-night operation, the Ahmedabad City Crime Branch busted a child trafficking racket, rescuing a newborn baby and arresting three individuals near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The accused are allegedly part of an illegal trafficking network operating across Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Acting on a tip-off received on Wednesday night from the Gujarat ATS, a team led by Police Sub-Inspector J.C. Desai kept watch near the Kotarpur Pumping Statio...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police has taken a new step in smart policing, with the Ahmedabad Crime Branch becoming the first law enforcement agency in the country to be recognised as an Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) after signing an agreement with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for Aadhaar-based verification. With this pact, the Crime Branch’s Pathik software has now been officially integrated with the Aadhaar database. This initiative will enable instant and paperl...Read More

Ahmedabad: An Indian drug smuggler who escaped from a prison in Nepal during last year’s violent Gen Z protests was arrested in the city today. Dharmesh Chunara was found hiding at the residence of his bootlegger mother-in-law in the Kagadapith area. Chunara had been arrested at Kathmandu airport last year while allegedly attempting to smuggle 13 kg of hybrid ganja, worth nearly Rs 13 crore, from Bangkok. He was later jailed but managed to flee during the protests when local youths stormed th...Read More

Ahmedabad: A case of alleged honey-trapping and extortion has been uncovered in the city, in which a builder was reportedly targeted through the threat of releasing compromising videos to extract ₹10 crore. The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a woman and a local newspaper editor in connection with the case, while a third accused, said to have masterminded the plot, is still at large. Police said the woman, identified as Sunita alias Annie Rajput, allegedly lured the builder into a r...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad City Crime Branch has arrested a husband-and-wife duo from Vadaj after recovering a large quantity of Mephedrone (MD) drugs, busting a major interstate narcotics network operating between Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the Crime Branch raided a house in Khat Colony near Akhbarnagar Circle, where the accused, Kamlesh Bishnoi of Rajasthan, and his wife Rajeshwari were allegedly storing and selling narcotics. During the sear...Read More

Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has cracked the case of silver worth ₹1.64 crore stolen from a Jain temple in Paldi. All five accused — including three who executed the theft and two who bought the loot — have been arrested. The police also recovered 48.056 kg of silver valued at ₹49 lakh, ₹79,000 in cash, four mobile phones, and a pickup van used in the crime. The key accused, Mehul Rathod, had served as a priest at the Shri Laxmivardhak Jain Derasar for 15 years. He, along with the...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has achieved a major breakthrough by arresting three Syrian nationals accused of duping people under the pretext of collecting funds to help victims of the Gaza conflict. According to officials, the accused were accomplices of another Syrian national who had earlier been arrested in the same case. Following his arrest, the trio went absconding. Using technical surveillance and confidential intelligence inputs, the Crime Branch tracked their location and app...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police has exposed a gang of Syrian nationals allegedly extorting money from mosques by posing as victims of the Gaza conflict. Police have arrested a Syrian national identified as Ali Meghat Alzahar, who had entered India on a tourist visa. During interrogation, it was revealed that Alzahar was using the funds to finance a lavish lifestyle. Following the police action, his three accomplices went underground and are currently on the run. Officials said ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Crime Branch today arrested Lalla Pathan (Bihari), the mastermind behind illegal Bangladeshi settlements near Chandola Lake. The arrest took place in Rajasthan, days after his son Fateh Mohammad was detained on April 29. Lalla Bihari and his son are accused of helping illegal Bangladeshi immigrants settle in the illegal encroachment areas around the lake by creating false rental agreements. Bihari is also accused of running a prostitution racket in the area. According to t...Read More