Raju Thakkar

Justice S R Brahmbhatt of the Gujarat high court on Tuesday issued notice to the state government over a petition filed by Asha Thakkar, wife of Raju Thakkar who was allegedly killed in police custody last month.

Relatives of Raju Thakkar - who died in police custody because of alleged brutality -accepted his body on Monday morning from police investigators and conducted the last rites.

City crime branch has raised objections to the bail applications filed by Thakkar brothers in the Balaram Resort cheating case.Police had arrested Dilip and Raju Thakkar in a Rs 2.65 crore-cheating case.

Two men fell into a trap laid by agents who found brides for them. Their marriage ended after con artists who played their wives vanished a few days after the wedding.

Metropolitan magistrate BJ Ganatra on Saturday sent five policemen to 14-day remand in connection with the custodial death of Raju Thakkar, 35.

PALANPUR: Five employees of the State Bank of India were killed and five others injured in a road accident near Malvan village, 14 km from here on Saturday afternoon, the police said.

In connection with the Balaram Resort cheating case, the city police crime branch has claimed that Thakkar brothers had gathered Rs 2.63 crore from people by projecting that the resort would be used as location for films and television channels.

A team of city crime branch officials probing the case of custodial death of Raju Thakkar, 35, at Sardarnagar police station, arrested a constable on Thursday.

A team of Shahpur police on patrol caught two persons along with an auto driver, with Rs 10.5 lakh in Rs 2,000 notes on Thursday night.

The applicant also convinced the court how the IO did not investigated against one policeman Narendrasinh, whose name appeared in the complaint.

Discontent in the ruling BJP over ticket distribution led to rebellion for the second consecutive day on Thursday.Two sitting BJP councillors decided to contest against party candidates after being denied ticket.

Five cops accused in a recent custodial death case were arrested on Friday by the Sardarnagar police.

Miscreants pelted stones at the house and the car of the BJP president of the municipal ward 12 in the Atladara area of the city in the wee hours of Saturday. The incident took place allegedly after he reprimanded two men for creating trouble in the area.

Amidst several political parties shouting over 'inflated' power bills in Mumbai, the BEST conducted its first special camp for electricity consumers in Sion on Saturday. The camp was organised in coordination with the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress.

City crime branch on Monday filed a chargesheet against eight policemen in connection with the custodial death of Raju Thakkar, a petty thief.

More than 30 people had seen Raju Thakkar, 35, alive in police custody. Thakkar was allegedly killed in police custody and then his body dumped on the dry river bed of Sabarmati.

Volunteers of Adhikar Manch - Swarnim Gujarat and India Against Corruption held a dharna at Gandhi Baug near Mahatma Gandhi's statue here on Tuesday in support of social activist Anna Hazare, who has begun his fast-unto-death in New Delhi to demand enactment of a comprehensive Jan Lokpal Bill.

After a round of hectic political activity over the appointments of ward presidents in the city, the BJP on Tuesday night declared the names of the presidents of all 25 ward units in the city.

After a round of hectic political activity over the appointments of ward presidents in the city, the BJP on Tuesday night declared the names of the presidents of all 25 ward units in the city.

A team of the Central GST Commissionerate on Wednesday arrested prime accused in one of the biggest tax evasion scams in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly defrauding Rs 150 crore by illegally availing income tax credit by means of fake invoices.

More than seven months after four candidates died while undergoing a police recruitment test in the city, the state has said that the police department was not at fault.

Custodial death of a man, who has turned out to be a history-sheeter, has caught the city police on the wrong foot.

The epicenter for the January 26, 2001 earthquake has now become ground for a number of legal battles.

NEW DELHI: Delhi has 60,000 licenced weapons, while thousands wait in the wings. Officials agree that possession of even a licenced weapon can be as dangerous as keeping a locally-made one.