Surat: A special operations group (SOG) team of Surat Police has left for West Bengal to arrest Tahir Kalia, the mastermind behind a fake currency smuggling racket that funneled ₹6 lakh worth of counterfeit notes from Bangladesh to Surat via Bengal. Meanwhile, central agencies have also launched an investigation into the racket after identifying its Bangladesh connection and have gathered key details. Last week, the SOG team raided Bapa Sitaram Society near Man Sarovar School in the Punagam a...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the city police arrested another Bangladeshi national, Jasim Husain, from Pirana on Saturday for illegally residing in the country. Husain, 38, had been living in the Vasantnagar area of Gota and hails from Sujalpur in the Jessore district of Bangladesh's Khulna division. A professional driver, Husain was detained and taken to the SOG office for questioning. He lacked valid Indian citizenship documents and admitted to entering the country illegal...Read More

Surat: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat Police has arrested two Bangladeshi youths living in the city under fake Hindu identities. One of the accused, identified as Musibul Makbul Shaikh, alias Raj, was found in possession of a fake Aadhaar card. Shaikh had fabricated the Aadhaar card under the name Pradip Sujay Kshetrapal (West Bengal) to live in a Hindu-dominated area with a Hindu woman in a live-in relationship. The accused had been living in Surat for approximately 14 years, wo...Read More

Surat: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat police uncovered a major hawala scam involving approximately Rs 100 crore, operating from the Athwalines area, and booked six individuals. The accused received hawala funds from abroad through nine Surat-based angadia firms, converted the money into Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency, and transferred it back to various countries using crypto wallets. Three individuals namely Maqbool Doctor, his son Kasif Doctor, and Maa Nada have been arrested, whi...Read More

Surat: A Local Crime Branch of Surat has detained three persons for "attempt of derailing the train' case. One of three accused is identified as Subhash Poddar, a railway staffer. Prima facie investigation revealed that fish plates and padlocks of railway track were removed and reported by Subhas Poddar and aides to get promition, prize money, one and half days leave which is granted by railways to prevent mishaps and attention in social media. Railway staffer Subhash Poddar had informed poli...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad rural police arrested a 30-year-old man, Swarjeet Roy, from Koth village on Tuesday for allegedly practicing medicine without a valid medical degree. Roy, originally from the 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, had been running a clinic from a rented house in the village for about 1.5 years, despite only completing his education up to Class 12. Following a tip-off, the SOG raided Roy's clinic and caught him red-handed. During the ...Read More

Bharuch: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Special Operation Group of Bharuch police carried out searches at a factory in the Dahej industrial area on late Monday night. It is learned that this joint operation was carried out at Alliance Pharma Company, during which law enforcement seized raw material worth Rs. 30 crore that was allegedly intended for the production of mephedrone drugs. The ATS has sent the sample of the seized material to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) an...Read More

Vadodara: A new story has emerged as Vadodara Police probed into the source of elephant tusks. Police had arrested two persons with two elephant tusks on July 10. When questioned, the two accused told police that they received tusks for repairing a truck. The accused have claimed, they don't know who was that truck owner and they don't remember the details of that truck. According to the accused Azad Hussain, a Bihari driver's truck broke down near Golden Chowkdi during the COVID-19 period. T...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Special Operation Group (SOG) has seized two elephant tusks from Yakutpura and arrested two individuals. The investigation has begun to determine the origin and intended destination of the suspected ivory smuggling racket. The tusks were recovered during a raid based on intelligence inputs. Two suspects, Irfan Sheikh and Azad Pathan, have been apprehended in connection with the suspected smuggling operation. Elephant tusk smuggling is a violation of the Wildlife Protec...Read More

Surat: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat Police today apprehended four individuals, including a woman, for smuggling gold from Dubai to Surat. The woman, arriving from Sharjah, UAE, was found with gold worth Rs 64 lakh hidden in her travel bag. Acting on a tip-off, the SOG intercepted the gang upon their arrival at Surat airport. Investigations revealed that the smugglers used a special chemical to prevent detection by airport metal detectors. The gold was layered inside the bag lin...Read More