Surat: The Surat city crime branch has arrested Sandeep Gupta from Ahmedabad for stealing crude oil by puncturing the pipeline of IOCL (Indian Oil Corporation). Sandeep is allegedly the mastermind behind an inter-state gang that stole crude oil, causing a loss of more than Rs. 400 crores to the national wealth. Acting on a tip-off that Sandeep, also known as Sandy, was residing in Ahmedabad, a team from the Surat city crime branch arrived in Ahmedabad and arrested the accused from SG Highway....Read More

Surat: The Surat Crime Branch arrested seven people in connection with the mephedrone(MD) drug racket. The team apprehended two individuals at Surat Railway Station with 250 grams of MD drugs. Subsequent raids at five different locations in Surat today uncovered around 100 grams of MD drugs, bringing the total seized drugs and items worth ₹37.37 lakh. Surat Crime Branch officials had received a tip-off that two people were transporting drugs on the evening Suryanagari train to Surat. Upon t...Read More

Bikaner: Surat police on Tuesday apprehended 26-year-old Ashok Suthar, also known as Abu Bakar, from Bikaner, Rajasthan, for alleged connections to an individual arrested in Surat for threatening leaders of the Hindu Sanatan Sangh. Suthar's detention came after the tracing of a Rajasthan-based phone number frequently contacted by Mohammed Sohel Timol, alias Maulvi, who was arrested in Surat. Bikaner SP Tejashvi Gautam formed a joint interrogation committee with officials from both Gujarat and...Read More

Surat: The city's crime branch on Friday apprehended a 25-year-old man from Bihar, who is allegedly the main handler in contact with the arrested Maulvi Timol, accused of planning the murders of BJP leaders. Identified as Shehnaz, also known as Mohammed Ali Mohammed Sabir, he was captured near the Nepal border in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. It is learned that Shehnaz communicated with Timol from a mobile number with the Nepal country code (+977) and promised to provide him with a pistol to assassinat...Read More

Surat: The crime branch of the city police apprehended gangster Shiva Mahalingam, also known as Aftab Pillai, and two of his associates on Sunday. The police also found two pistols and 10 live cartridges in possession of the accused and seized them. Shiva and his accomplice, Firoz, were allegedly plotting the murder of three individuals after obtaining firearms from the third suspect, identified as Sharukh. JCP (crime) Raghavendra Vatsa stated, “Our team received information that a perso...Read More

Surat: The Crime Branch of the city police today detained a Maulvi for giving threats to Hindu leaders. The Surat Crime Branch detained Maulvi Sohail Teemol from Fulwadi Road in the Chowk Bazar area for issuing threats to Hindutva leader Avdhesh. The police received information about the threats, and Maulvi's involvement was confirmed through technical surveillance. Surat City Commissioner of Police, Anupam Singh Gahlaut, briefed the media, stating 'that one person has been apprehended, and f...Read More

Surat: The Crime Branch on Monday apprehended three individuals suspected of drug trafficking and seized prohibited mephedrone valued at Rs 51.22 lakh from them. Acting on a tip-off, the Surat Police Crime Branch team found the illicit substances in the suspects' vehicle at the Bhatia toll point near NH-48. The arrested individuals, namely Gulam Sabir Mirza, Mohammed Asfak Ansari, and Rizwan Badruddin Bangdiwala, were reportedly transporting the drugs from Ilyas, also known as Ilu, in Madhya ...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) today busted a fake telephone exchange in the Mahidhar Pura area of the city and nabbed two individuals in relation to the case. Acting on a tip-off that some people are operating a telephone exchange, the ATS, in a joint operation with the Surat city crime branch, raided the place, and it was learned that international calls were being converted into local calls with the help of a SIM box. Two accused have been nabbed in relation to the operation of...Read More

Surat: The Surat Crime Branch today nabbed a Bangladeshi youth from the Udhna area who was living in the city illegally. The police recovered some duplicate documents, including an Aadhaar card, from the nabbed individual. An investigation has been initiated by the Surat Crime Branch due to suspicions surrounding the youth's contacts. Based on the counterfeit documents found in his possession, the police suspect that he was attempting to create a duplicate passport. Preliminary information su...Read More

Surat: The Surat Crime Branch and the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) conducted a joint operation on Monday, resulting in the arrest of another Bangladeshi national in Surat. The accused is suspected to have links with Al-Qaeda. The initial investigation indicates that this suspect belongs to a different Al-Qaeda module than those arrested in Ahmedabad on May 21. However, the handler of the previously arrested individual and the newly captured suspect are the same. It has been learned that...Read More