After nearly eight years, the owners of Popular Builders, Dashrath and Raman Patel, have withdrawn their petition from Gujarat High Court seeking CBI investigation into the 2004 firing at their office. The Patel brothers, cited as key witnesses by CBI in Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case whose testimonies implicated several IPS officers including D G Vanzara and then minister
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Vimal Sitapara
RAJKOT: Acting on a tip off, Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Rajkot city, arrested a quack doctor who was operating a clinic for the last few years. The 37-year-old Vimal Sitapara, a resident of Shreenathiji society in Mavdi, was arrested on Wednesday for practising as a doctor without medical degree.
Sitapara has been running his clinic in Kotharia area for past four years. Earlier, he has worked as compounder at Madhuram hospital in the city. Police seized medicines, medical instruments, and Rs 22,756 in cash from his clinic and booked him under the Medical Practitioners act.
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Three of the accused in police custody
Rajkot: Acting on a kidnapping and extortion complaint lodged by a farmer of Faddang village, the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Rajkot city police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including a minor boy.
Those arrested were identified as Shivraj Vala (19), Gaurava Hirani (21), Lalji Rank (21), and a minor boy. Hirani and Rank are residents of Bagasara town of Amreli while Vala is a native of Faddang village and lives in Surat.
“On July 3, Vala and his associates kidnapped Khunt from his village and demanded Rs 15 lakh while threatening to kill him. Scared by the revolver that was pointed towards him, Kunth paid Rs 3.85 lakh to the accused. Later, he approached the police and lodged a complaint,” police said.