Ahmedabad: Police constable Virendrasinh Padheria, who was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing MICA student Priyanshu Jain to death in a road rage incident, has been remanded to 10 days of police custody after being presented in court today. The public prosecutor, on behalf of the police, had requested a 14-day remand. However, the Ahmedabad rural court approved a 10-day remand, extending until November 25. The prosecutor argued in court that custody and interrogation of the accused ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The state police chief, Vikas Sahay, today had a telephone conversation with Pankajbhai Jain, the father of the deceased MICA student who was killed in a road rage incident, and expressed his condolences over the murder. During the call, DGP Vikas Sahay assured the father of the deceased youth that, although the accused is a police officer, he is still a criminal and will be treated as such by the Gujarat Police. Strict action will be taken against the accused officer, and the enti...Read More

Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old second-year MBA student from MICA, Priyanshu Jain, died on November 11 from stab wounds following an alleged road rage altercation in the Bopal area of the city. Today, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch apprehended the accused, who allegedly stabbed Priyanshu. The accused assailant, Virendrasinh Padheriya, has been identified as a police constable posted at Sarkhej Police Station. After the stabbing, he fled to Punjab but was later detained by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch. It ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Two days after the killing of MICA student Priyanshu Jain, the Ahmedabad Rural Police released a sketch of a suspect on Tuesday. Jain was allegedly stabbed to death in a road rage incident in the Bopal area on Sunday night. Jain, a second-year MBA student at MICA, was fatally stabbed by an unknown assailant shortly after being fitted for a suit in preparation for upcoming job interviews. The police, who shared the suspect’s sketch on Tuesday afternoon, assured confidentiality to ...Read More

Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old second-year MBA student from MICA, Priyanshu Jain, died from stab wounds following an alleged altercation in a road rage incident in the Bopal area of the city. Prior to the incident, Jain, who hailed from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, had visited a tailor with his friend to get measurements for a suit in anticipation of upcoming job interviews. In the FIR filed at the Bopal police station, Jain’s batchmate Prithviraj Parakshitdas Mahapatra stated that he and Priyanshu h...Read More

Gandhinagar: In Central government's National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) list of top colleges of the country this year, two colleges of Gujarat have secured place. They are IIT Gandhinagar on 29th rank and Gujarat University on 94th rank. Gujarat University's rank has gone down by 21 positions while IIT Gandhinagar's ranking has gone down by 6 positions in last 3 years. Among mangement colleges, IIMA has once again ranked 1st, followed by MICA on 32nd rank, IRMA at 49, Nirma at 55 a...Read More

Ahmedabad: The cyber crime cell of the city police arrested one Viren Asudariya from Surat on Monday for his involvement in a cyber fraud case amounting to Rs 1.15 crore, which involved Shailendra Raj Mehta, the president and director of the Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA). Viren is one of 15 accused in this case. Viren told the police that Mustafa Neviwala and Moin Ingaria (the mastermind) hired him to transfer the money in cryptocurrency form to Chinese handlers. Reportedly, Asu...Read More

Ahmedabad: The cybercrime branch of the city police has arrested thirteen individuals, including the alleged mastermind, in the case of cyber fraud amounting to Rs 1.15 crore, involving Shailendra Raj Mehta, the president and director of Mudra Institute of Communications (MICA). Among the 13 accused, four individuals, namely Moin Ingariya (main suspect, 26), Mihir Topiya (23), Praful Valani (43), and Rohit Vaghela (24), hail from Dhoraji in Rajkot. Four others are from Rajkot city — Ronak S...Read More

Tragic Loss for the entire MICA Community Two students of Ahmedabad based Mudra Institute of Communication and Advertising(MICA) died in Goa due to drowning. They were on study tour organized by the institute. MICA on its Facebook page said: It is with great sorrow that we share with you the news of the sad demise of two of MICA’s one year CCC (Crafting Creative Communication) Program students – Ms. Anuja Susan Paul & Mr. Gurram Chenchu Sai Jnaneswar. They were part of the CCC Field S...Read More