Surat: Umra Police nabbed a woman in connection with the suicide of city-based builder Tushar Ghelani, registering an offence of abetment to suicide against his alleged close associate, Poonam Bhadoriya, following a detailed probe into financial and personal transactions between the two. According to police, the action was initiated after Ghelani’s family submitted an application accusing Bhadoriya of mentally harassing and blackmailing him. The family alleged that she had extracted substanti...Read More

Surat: A day after Chirag Goti was arrested in connection with a mephedrone drug-planting case, Chowk Bazar police registered an FIR against him and six others, booking them for extortion and abduction. Police officials said several alleged victims approached the Police Commissioner’s office following Goti’s arrest, accusing him of torture and extortion. At least four videos have surfaced in which Goti is purportedly seen assaulting individuals, firing in the air, and brandishing a firearm....Read More

Surat: Chirag Goti, a businessman accused of orchestrating the planting of mephedrone in a vehicle to falsely implicate his former business partner, surrendered before a Surat court on Monday following directions from the Supreme Court. Subsequently, a local court on Tuesday granted the police four days of custodial interrogation, intensifying a probe that has now widened to include allegations of assault, extortion, and a broader criminal network linked to the accused. Drug Seizure and Allege...Read More

Surat: An assistant engineer of the Surat Municipal Corporation and her self-styled journalist husband have been booked for allegedly extorting ₹2.5 lakh from a builder. The complainant, Anisul Hasan Hakim, a builder residing at Hakim Manzil near Kazi’s Ground in Gopipura, had purchased a dilapidated property in Sagrampura in 2021 and was preparing to redevelop it. During this period, Mohammad Shakib Jariwala approached him, introduced himself as a journalist, and claimed that the construct...Read More

Surat: A 35-year-old head constable posted at the office of the police commissioner was allegedly assaulted by four persons in Nana Varachha on Thursday night while attempting to ease a traffic jam. The incident took place around 9:30 pm near a health centre in Nana Varachha when head constable Akshay Ahir was returning home after duty. Noticing severe congestion caused by private buses, he got out of his car and began regulating traffic. During the process, he observed a car parked carelessly ...Read More

Surat: The Surat Regional Transport Office (RTO) has intensified its crackdown on motorists using unauthorized bright white LED lights, booking 242 vehicles for violations over the past week. Officials said unauthorized high-intensity LED lights cause severe glare for other road users, often resulting in temporary blindness for pedestrians and two-wheeler riders and increasing the risk of serious accidents, particularly at night. The RTO noted that despite repeated warnings and bans, many mo...Read More

Surat: City police have busted a fake cosmetics manufacturing unit operating in the Godadara area, exposing yet another scam involving duplicate products being sold in the name of reputed brands. The factory was allegedly producing counterfeit cosmetic items on a large scale and selling them through online platforms, including Flipkart, at heavily discounted rates. According to the investigation, the accused, Hitesh Kataria, had been running the illegal operation for the past eight months. He r...Read More

Surat: Surat cybercrime police arrested a wanted cyber fraudster at Delhi airport just before he could flee to Russia in connection with a Rs 1.71 crore “digital arrest” scam targeting a senior citizen in December 2024. The accused, Shankar Chaudhary (37), had been absconding for nearly a year and was wanted for supplying mule bank accounts used to divert the cheated money. He is the sixth accused arrested in the case. Police said Chaudhary recently obtained a Russian visa through an agent...Read More

Surat: The Udhna police have arrested four more persons in the Rs 1,550 crore international cyberfraud case, taking the total number of arrests to 29. Police seized Rs 1.92 crore in cash and valuables worth Rs 2.60 crore. Investigators found that the proceeds of the cybercrime were converted into dollars and routed to Chinese cyberfraud syndicates through 164 mule bank accounts. The newly arrested accused are Abdulrab Chamadiya (32), an Adajan-based import-export trader; Amit Choksi (45), a mon...Read More

Surat: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat Police has busted an illegal drug manufacturing unit operating under the cover of a food testing laboratory at Polaris Shopping Mall in the Parvat Patiya area, uncovering an alleged international link to London. Three persons have been arrested, while the main accused, Janak Jadani, is believed to be based in the UK. Police said the unit was producing high-purity Mephedrone (MD), a synthetic drug, using sophisticated equipment. Narcotics worth ...Read More