Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has busted an interstate gang involved in tampering with weighbridges in Vatva GIDC and other industrial areas, arresting seven accused for allegedly cheating scrap dealers and companies through a sophisticated fraud. According to officials, the gang had been operating for nearly four years across multiple states, including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. The operation came to light following specific intelligence inputs, after which the cri...Read More

Ahmedabad: The probe into a counterfeit currency racket allegedly run from a Surat-based yoga ashram has intensified, with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) joining the investigation. The Ahmedabad Crime Branch had busted the racket earlier this month, seizing fake notes with a face value of ₹2.38 crore across Ahmedabad and Surat. The case was cracked on March 18 after seven persons, including a yoga instructor, were arrested while transporting fake currency from Surat to Ahmedabad. Pol...Read More

Ahmedabad: The City Crime Branch has arrested another accused in connection with a counterfeit currency racket in which fake notes with a face value of ₹2.38 crore were seized from Ahmedabad and Surat. The racket involved the printing and circulation of counterfeit ₹500 notes. The latest accused, Bhavesh Gajera, was apprehended as part of the ongoing investigation into the case registered on March 18. Earlier, police had arrested seven persons, including a woman, from Amraiwadi while they w...Read More

Ahmedabad: Last week, the Ahmedabad city crime branch busted a major fake Indian currency note (FICN) racket and arrested a Surat-based yoga instructor and six others. Now the probe has widened, as customs department personnel are under scrutiny over the import of specialised paper used to manufacture counterfeit currency. According to officials, the accused had procured high-grade paper from a supplier in China. The consignments were declared as stationery items, but the sheets closely resembl...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a major crackdown, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has busted a fake currency racket and seized counterfeit Indian currency worth over ₹2.10 crore from the Amraiwadi area. Six persons, including a woman, have been arrested after police recovered a large quantity of fake ₹500 notes from a Fortuner car during a raid. According to Crime Branch officials, the accused were travelling in a vehicle linked to Shree Satyam Yog Foundation, which was allegedly being used to transport fake cur...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a suspect from West Bengal in connection with a series of bomb threat emails sent to schools and lower courts across Gujarat in the name of Khalistan. The arrest marks the first significant breakthrough in a case that has kept authorities in Gujarat on high alert for several months. The suspect, identified as Biswas, was apprehended during a joint operation by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch and the Cyber Crime Unit. Investigators used advanced tech...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Crime Branch on Sunday busted an alleged illegal exotic animal breeding and sale racket operating from a flat in Navrangpura, seizing around 46 animals and 21 birds of rare and high-value species kept in cramped conditions. The accused, Manikanandan K. Nadar (41), had allegedly turned a 10x12-foot room into a makeshift breeding unit over the past six to seven months. Acting on a tip-off about the supply of snake venom for rave parties, police instead uncovered a large-scale exoti...Read More

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