Rajan Priyadarshi

Gujarat Congress Scheduled Caste Morcha leaders met Governor Dr Kamala on Monday to register their complaint about increasing incidents of atrocities against the SC community in the state and the government's apathy towards the same.

Supreme Court has asked additional director-general of police Rajan Priyadarshi to pay Rs 8 lakh towards compensation to the person he assaulted blinding him in one eye, during a demonstration in 1987.

It was right next to Bhuj Cantt and the proximity of the site to the Indo-Pak border caused much concern.

The Gujarat HC on Monday directed deputy inspector general of police Rajan Priyadarshi to deposit Rs 8 lakh towards compensation of injury caused during an assault on a Congress leader, over 20 years ago.

The officer who led the operation then is presently Anti Terrorist Squad additional DG, who was then the deputy commissioner of police (DCP).

Some startling facts have surfaced during the investigations of the Samjhauta Express blasts of February 18.

Doordarshan's office was swarming with cops armed to the teeth hunting for terrorists.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday re-organised the state Congress and announced in New Delhi a jumbo-sized list of office-bearers for the Gujarat unit of the party.

In Sabarmati Central Jail, money rules the roost , everything is available for a price right from hashish to DVDs of the latest Bollywood movies

Gujarat government had to pay compensation in three cases of police atrocities in the past nine months alone. This is an irony of sorts.

AHMEDABAD: The Prohibition and Excise department on Saturday dismissed Bharuch district superintendent (prohibition and excise) A V Bhanbhor from service on charges of irregularities in issuing liquor health permits.

Police have revealed that the watch used as timer device in the explosive was made by Orpat watch at Morbi in Rajkot.

Polra's smart trick with the thread was an eye-opener for the Gujarat police.

AHMEDABAD: Sami town of Patan district was gripped with tension as a Bajrang Dal leader was stabbed in the busy bazaar area by two persons from another community.

Kirit Patel, prime suspect in the Kheda and Anand highway robbery incidents was finally nabbed by the ATS on Thursday.

Come October 8, and the Sabarmati Central Jail inmates will be able to make calls from a telephone booth to be specially installed for them. This will be the first of its kind initiative in Gujarat jails.

Retired cops have set their sights on the political arena. While a few of retired cops have already made their political ambitions clear, a few more hope to contest this elections from their native place and have joined political parties.

GANDHINAGAR: Rajan Priyadarshi, a 1980-batch IPS officer, has risen to the rank of inspector general. He holds the post of Range IG, Rajkot. People from different walks of life often approach him with folded hands, with numerous problems.

This 'definite possibility' is being probed by Gujarat's intelligence agency and the anti-terrorism squad.

AHMEDABAD: Not many were surprised when the Modi ordered transfer of 49 IPS officers.

The massive IPS transfer order issued on Saturday, apparently cleared by the SEC, has many of the police officers known for their proximity to the establishment or with a taint on their uniforms.

AHMEDABAD: Kept a well-guarded secret, IL&FS Education and Technology Services is busy changing the attitudes of some 70,000 policemen. Senior IPS officers of Gujarat, taking lessons to become 'karmayogis'.

GANDHINAGAR: Rajan Priyadarshi, a 1980 batch IPS officer, has risen to the rank of inspector general. He holds the post of Range IG, Rajkot.

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AHMEDABAD: There is no looking back for those into the bootlegging business in this dry state. The illicit liquor market in the state is registering a phenomenal growth due to increase in liquor consumption across the cross-section of the society, sources in the police department said.