Gandhinagar: In a move aimed at strengthening public grievance redressal and improving accountability in policing, the state government has issued fresh instructions to senior police officials to conduct regular visits to police stations and ensure that citizens’ complaints are resolved promptly and effectively. According to the directive, senior officers whose names are listed in the attached annexure have been instructed to visit designated police stations at least twice a month during th...Read More

Ahmedabad: Gujarat police probing a recently busted inter-state child trafficking racket have found that a child’s skin colour and gender were key factors in deciding their “market value.” Investigators revealed that fair-complexioned infants were sold for Rs 6–7 lakh, while darker-skinned children fetched Rs 2–3 lakh. Boys were in higher demand, with prices ranging from Rs 2–5 lakh, compared to Rs 1.5–2 lakh for girls. The Gujarat–Telangana racket was uncovered by the Ahmedaba...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Police Recruitment Board has announced the next stage of the Unarmed Police Sub-Inspector (P.S.I.) recruitment process for the year 2024-25, being conducted for a total of 472 posts under Advertisement No. GPRB/202324/1. The written examination (Paper-1 and Paper-2) for candidates who qualified in the physical test was held on April 13, 2025, with 1,02,935 candidates appearing. As per recruitment rules, Paper-2 (Descriptive) was evaluated for 49,591 candidates who secur...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Police Recruitment Board has begun the recruitment process for a total of 13,591 posts in the PSI and LRD cadres, aiming to ensure complete transparency and fairness. More than 10 lakh candidates are currently participating in physical ability tests being conducted across 15 designated cities and State Reserve Police (SRP) training centres in the state. The physical tests for male candidates will be held at 11 grounds until March 13, 2026, while tests for women and ex-s...Read More

Jamnagar: A cheating case has come to light during the ongoing police recruitment practical examination in Jamnagar, after two candidates were caught committing irregularities in the running test. A complaint has been filed against them at the City B-Division Police Station. Police recruitment physical tests are being held across Gujarat, with about 1,600 candidates appearing daily at the Jamnagar Police Headquarters ground. On January 21, 908 candidates attended the exam, where each participan...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a decision aimed at recognising the contribution of Traffic Brigade (TRB) jawans, the Gujarat government has increased their daily honorarium from Rs 300 to Rs 450. The revised honorarium comes into effect from today and will benefit over 10,000 TRB jawans and their families across the state. The decision has been taken by the Home Department under the directions of Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel and the guidance of Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Shri Harsh Sangh...Read More

Gandhinagar: The GP-SMASH (Gujarat Police – Social Media Monitoring, Analysis and Systematic Handling) project, launched by Gujarat Police on March 1, 2025, to strengthen citizen engagement through social media, has recorded significant success over the past 10 months, officials said. According to Gujarat Police, since the project’s inception, GP-SMASH has received a wide range of complaints, including 71 related to law and order, 233 cybercrime cases, 71 physical crime complaints, 30 cases...Read More

Gandhinagar: Dr. K. Laxmi Narayan Rao, popularly known as K. L. N. Rao, has been appointed as the in-charge new chief of the Gujarat Police. Rao has taken charge as the Director General of Police (DGP) of the state, succeeding Vikas Sahay, whose six-month post-retirement extension ended on Tuesday. A 1992-batch officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS), Rao was previously serving as DGP, Prisons and Correctional Administration. Born in 1967, he is scheduled to retire in October 2027. Hailing...Read More

Gujarat: In a concerted effort to trace missing persons across the state, the CID Crime and Railway unit, along with the CID Crime Women Cell, launched a special campaign that located 901 missing individuals, reuniting them with their families, an official statement said. The 30-day special operation was conducted in two phases, in which special teams were constituted in all police stations across major cities and districts, as well as within the CID Crime Missing Cell. During the two-phase, 3...Read More

ગાંધીનગર: રાજ્યમાં ગુમ થયેલા વ્યક્તિઓની શોધખોળ માટે સી.આઈ.ડી. ક્રાઈમ અને રેલ્વે તથા સી.આઈ.ડી. ક્રાઈમ મહિલા સેલ દ્વારા એક ખાસ ઝુંબેશ હાથ ધરવામાં આવી હતી, જેમાં કુલ ૯૦૧ ગુમ વ્યક્તિઓને શોધી કાઢવા...Read More