Surat: The local CID Crime branch of Gujarat police conducted a raid at a house in Magdalla village and busted a rave party involving drugs and liquor. The authorities nabbed 14 people from the location, including 9 girls. The accused were later brought to New Civil Hospital for medical check-ups and have now been taken to the CID crime office. Acting on a tip-off from Gandhinagar CID Crime, the Surat CID raided a house in Magdalla village, where allegedly a party was being held at night invo...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: Three men, including a truck driver and cleaner, were arrested in Surat on Wednesday after police recovered a large quantity of waste fabric wrapped in national flags. Six national flags, along with several BJP and Congress flags, were found on the accused. The incident came to light after social worker Tushar Solanki filed a complaint at the Kapodra police station. Solanki, a Punagam resident, had spotted the truck near the Mahadev temple in Kadodara on Tuesday night. Upon seeing the ...Read More

Surat: The local police have arrested three more individuals involved in the stone-pelting incident that occurred at the Ganesh Pandal "Variavi Cha Raja" in Syedpura on September 8. The police had previously nabbed 30 individuals in the case, and now, with the arrest of these three additional suspects, aided by CCTV footage, the total number of arrests has reached 33. During the Ganesh Utsav on September 8, six individuals pelted stones at the Ganesh statue "Variavi Cha Raja" in Syedpura, pro...Read More

Surat: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel today laid the e-foundation stone for the second Police Commissioner’s office in Surat. To be built at an estimated cost of ₹36 crore, the building will have 12 storeys and is likely to be constructed within 1.5 to 2 years. This new building will house the Traffic Cell, Cyber Crime Cell, Economic Offence Wing, Women’s Wing, and more. The building will have parking on basement and ground floor. The floors will also have an auditorium and a confe...Read More

Surat: One of the two arrested accused in the Mangrol minor girl gang rape case, who was hospitalized after feeling unwell during interrogation, died today at the hospital. RB Bhatol, PI, local Crime Branch, Kosamba Tehsil, told media, "The accused was arrested yesterday. Two accused were arrested, one of them being Shivshankar Chaurasia. During the interrogation, he started having difficulty breathing. Immediately, he was taken to Kamrej CHC in a government vehicle, where the doctors...Read More

Surat: The Surat police on Wednesday arrested two migrant individuals with criminal histories for gang raping a 17-year-old girl on Tuesday in Mota Borsara village in Mangrol taluka, while the manhunt for the third suspect of the crime is ongoing. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the girl and her friend were stranded on a deserted road due to low fuel in their bike. Three men suddenly approached them, after which the girl and her friend tried to flee the area before being overpowe...Read More

Surat: The Sarthana police have arrested six individuals involved in a large-scale online shopping scam that defrauded numerous people across India. The accused admitted that their fraudulent operation generated monthly profits between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 7 lakh by offering heavily discounted kitchen and household products, which were never delivered. It is estimated that over the period of 18 months, the scammers collected around Rs 20 crore. The individuals arrested in connection with the scam...Read More

Surat: A pani puri manufacturer has approached the police after receiving a fake legal notice via email claiming to be from a firm named SSR Associates, which alleged that it represented Salman Khan's legal team. Jatin Desai, owner of Jalpooree Foods, received the fake notice from SSR Associates, which threatened to sue him for using Khan's images in his advertisements and demanded Rs 15 crore in compensation, along with Rs 1.25 crore for legal fees. However, an online search revealed that no...Read More

Surat: Surat Crime Branch police today nabbed Anish Khan from Govandi in Mumbai, who was wanted in four separate cases of narcotics. The accused had been operating a drug trade in Surat while residing in Mumbai and had smuggled drugs worth ₹51 lakh into Surat city so far. Based on intelligence, a team from the Surat Crime Branch was keeping watch on the accused drug mafia, Anish Khan, also known as Mamu Abdul Waheed Khan. Posing as Ola drivers for two days, the Surat Crime Branch team arres...Read More