News for 'Gujarat CID'

Fake encounter: Gujarat CID in Hyderabad

Fake encounter: Gujarat CID in Hyderabad

Rediff.com10 May 2007

Geeta Johri, the investigating officer in the case, is likely to visit the CRPF Mess in Chandrayangutta.

Fake encounter: Gujarat CID team returns from Andh

Fake encounter: Gujarat CID team returns from Andh

Rediff.com13 May 2007

This is the second time that Geeta Johri visited Andhra Pradesh for this case.

Gujarat woman held for links to global cyber slavery racket

Gujarat woman held for links to global cyber slavery racket

Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Gujarat police arrest a woman allegedly involved in trafficking job aspirants to Myanmar and Thailand for cyber slavery. The accused lured people with promises of high-paying jobs and forced them to work for international cyber crime syndicates.

Gujarat CID grills 20 'dunki' flight passengers sent back by France

Gujarat CID grills 20 'dunki' flight passengers sent back by France

Rediff.com30 Dec 2023

According to a senior state Crime Investigation Department official, those passengers included at least 60 from Gujarat, who have already reached their respective native places in the state.

Gujarat police nab kingpin of Chinese cyber slavery network

Gujarat police nab kingpin of Chinese cyber slavery network

Rediff.com19 Nov 2025

Gujarat Police arrested an Indian national accused of running an international cyber slavery network operated by Chinese gangs from Myanmar and Cambodia. The accused allegedly supplied Indian workers to scam compounds where they were forced to commit cybercrimes.

Man held for transferring Rs 10cr to Pak-based crypto wallet

Man held for transferring Rs 10cr to Pak-based crypto wallet

Rediff.com9 Nov 2025

The accused had links with six persons, arrested on November 3 from Morbi, Surendranagar, Surat and Amreli districts, for allegedly routing Rs 200 crore to Dubai-based cybercriminals using nearly 100 mule accounts, the release said.

'130th Amendment Risks Placing Power In ED/CBI/CID/Police'

'130th Amendment Risks Placing Power In ED/CBI/CID/Police'

Rediff.com22 Aug 2025

'Anyone they don't like can be potentially arrested and thrown in jail for 30 days to induce regime change.'

Gujarat encounter: CID IGP meets AP cops

Gujarat encounter: CID IGP meets AP cops

Rediff.com11 May 2007

Johri met Balwinder Singh for about 15 minutes. She also met Trivedi for over two hours. When mediapersons waiting at Trivedi's office literally mobbed her, she left the venue without answering their queries.

Fake encounter: Lookout notice against CID officer

Fake encounter: Lookout notice against CID officer

Rediff.com30 May 2007

The official under scrutiny, N K Amin, is a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the CID and worked previously under D G Vanzara.

'BJP Should Be Extremely Wary Of 130th Amendment'

'BJP Should Be Extremely Wary Of 130th Amendment'

Rediff.com22 Aug 2025

'If the INDIA bloc ever forms the government, they will be more than tempted to use such provisions to bring about regime change in BJP-ruled states.'

Gujarat encounter: Chargesheet against 13 cops

Gujarat encounter: Chargesheet against 13 cops

Rediff.com16 Jul 2007

The Gujarat CID on Monday filed a chargesheet against 13 police officials, including DIG D G Vanzara, before the metropolitan court in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

CID IGP Geeta Johri arrives in Hyderabad

CID IGP Geeta Johri arrives in Hyderabad

Rediff.com10 May 2007

It may be recalled that Sohrabuddin, his wife Kausar Bi and another person had boarded a private bus from Hyderabad in November 2005 when they were forcibly off-loaded from the bus by a team of the Gujarat police.

'Dunki' flight to Nicaragua: 14 agents booked for human trafficking

'Dunki' flight to Nicaragua: 14 agents booked for human trafficking

Rediff.com12 Jan 2024

Weeks after a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying Indians was grounded in France and later sent back to India, the Gujarat police have booked 14 agents on the charge of human trafficking for trying to send more than 60 persons from Gujarat to the US illegally via Mexico border, a senior official said.

Gujarat fake kills: Will truth emerge?

Gujarat fake kills: Will truth emerge?

Rediff.com29 Apr 2007

Investigations into the mysterious disappearance of Kausar Bi, the wife of Sohrabuddin Sheikh who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter in Ahmedabad in 2005 after being dubbed a terrorist by police, could throw up some grisly facts.

Gujarat encounter: 'Vanzara has ailing heart'

Gujarat encounter: 'Vanzara has ailing heart'

Rediff.com25 May 2007

Vanzara has a heart ailment and has been treated for the same several times in the recent past, said advocate Mitesh Amin when the plea for conducting narco-analysis tests on Vanzara and five others arrested in the case came up for hearing.

2 Gujarat SPs among 19 booked for abducting, extorting Bhuj firm staffer

2 Gujarat SPs among 19 booked for abducting, extorting Bhuj firm staffer

Rediff.com17 Feb 2024

The probe agency, in the release, did not disclose the exact roles of the accused police officers, citing that it would affect the investigation.

Child-lifting rumours led to Palghar lynching: CID chargesheet

Child-lifting rumours led to Palghar lynching: CID chargesheet

Rediff.com16 Jul 2020

The team probing the incident examined 808 suspects and 118 witnesses to collect strong evidence against the accused, the CID said in a release.

Fake encounter: Another Guj cop under scanner

Fake encounter: Another Guj cop under scanner

Rediff.com15 May 2007

The concerned official is known to have worked with one of the arrested senior IPS officers, D G Vanzara, when he was heading the Ahmedabad Crime Branch.

Plane grounded in France: Guj police begin hunt to nab agents

Plane grounded in France: Guj police begin hunt to nab agents

Rediff.com26 Dec 2023

He said most of the passengers on the chartered plane that returned from France were from districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana and Anand.

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Passengers on dunki flight to Nicaragua paid Rs 60-80 lakh

Rediff.com2 Jan 2024

More than 60 people from Gujarat on board the Nicaragua-bound plane, which was sent back from France over suspected human trafficking, had agreed to pay Rs 60 lakh to Rs 80 lakh to immigration agents, who promised to cross into the US illegally after reaching the Latin American country, officials said.

Sohrabuddin case report sent to SC

Sohrabuddin case report sent to SC

Rediff.com12 Jul 2007

The Gujarat CID, probing the fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has submitted its Action Taken Report in the 2005 case to the Supreme Court, a senior official said on Thursday.

Guj fake encounters: Top cop in & out of custody

Guj fake encounters: Top cop in & out of custody

Rediff.com19 Jun 2007

He was, however, released after producing a personal bond as he has already got an anticipatory bail from a local court, the CID official said.

Fake encounter: Tainted cops escape narco test

Fake encounter: Tainted cops escape narco test

Rediff.com14 Jun 2007

Metropolition judge K J Upadhyay rejected the CID application.

CID cop gets bail in fake encounter case

CID cop gets bail in fake encounter case

Rediff.com9 Jun 2007

Amin was not part of the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad that was involved in the fake encounter of Sheikh in November 2005 as he was then with the Ahmeabad Crime Branch.

Fake encounter: Probe scare grips cops

Fake encounter: Probe scare grips cops

Rediff.com3 May 2007

The CID has detained certain policemen of the ranks of Inspector, Sub-inspector and Constable, who were members of the team that tracked Sohrabuddin all the way from Hyderabad and then were part of the encounter near Ahmedabad.

Gujarat man who posed as PMO official in J-K was booked in 3 cases

Gujarat man who posed as PMO official in J-K was booked in 3 cases

Rediff.com17 Mar 2023

He had even visited the last post at Uri in north Kashmir, posing for pictures at a bridge treated as a Line of Control between India and Pakistan.

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted in 1996 case

Ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted in 1996 case

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

A sessions court in Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drug seizure case dating back to 1996.

Court issues arrest warrants against 5 cops

Court issues arrest warrants against 5 cops

Rediff.com28 May 2007

The warrants were issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate K J Upadhyay after the Gujarat CID filed an application that neither of them had replied to their summons regading the case.

Fake encounter: Cops' remand extended

Fake encounter: Cops' remand extended

Rediff.com5 May 2007

The Gujarat CID, the agency probing the case, also filed an application seeking the court's nod to conduct narco-analysis tests on the officers.

7 Asaram ashram officials chargesheeted for kids' deaths

7 Asaram ashram officials chargesheeted for kids' deaths

Rediff.com1 Sep 2012

Gujarat CID has filed a charge sheet against seven office-bearers of Asaram Bapu Ashram for their alleged role in mysterious death of two boys there in 2008.

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail

Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail

Rediff.com28 Mar 2024

A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.

Sacked Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt detained in 22-yr-old case

Sacked Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt detained in 22-yr-old case

Rediff.com5 Sep 2018

As per case details, the Banaskatha Police under Bhatt had arrested Sumersingh Rajpurohit, an advocate, in 1996 on charges of possessing around one kg of drugs. However, a probe by the Rajasthan Police had revealed that Rajpurohit was allegedly falsely implicated by the Banaskatha Police.

Fake killings: Digging in Vanzara's backyard over

Fake killings: Digging in Vanzara's backyard over

Rediff.com7 May 2007

The digging work was conducted largely in and around an abandoned well that is in a farm behind Vanzara's massive bungalow and is owned by him and located in Sabarkatha district, about 100 km from Ahmedabad.

Probe an eyewash: HC acquits ex-BJP MP in RTI activist's murder case

Probe an eyewash: HC acquits ex-BJP MP in RTI activist's murder case

Rediff.com7 May 2024

Observing that the trial court conducted proceedings with a "predetermined notion of conviction", a division bench of Justices AS Supehia and Vimal K Vyas quashed the CBI court's order sentencing Solanki and the six others to life imprisonment.

Guj cops probe local angle in death of Indians on US-Canada border

Guj cops probe local angle in death of Indians on US-Canada border

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

Some media reports also claimed that local agents had sent several such families to the United States via Canada and some of the families went missing during illegal border-crossing.

Gujarat encounter case gets a boost

Gujarat encounter case gets a boost

Rediff.com18 Aug 2007

With the surrender of Gujarat police officer Dr N K Amin, state CID hopes that it could know exactly how Kauser Bi, wife of fake encounter victim Sohrabuddin, was killed in Ahmedabad in 2005.

Gujarat encounter: Another cop surrenders, held

Gujarat encounter: Another cop surrenders, held

Rediff.com22 Jun 2007

Another Gujarat police official, M L Parmar, accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case surrendered before the CID on Friday.

'Guru' to 'habitual offender': Asaram's fall from grace

'Guru' to 'habitual offender': Asaram's fall from grace

Rediff.com1 Feb 2023

The disgrace is compounded by the fact that the 81-year-old self-styled godman is already serving a life sentence in a Jodhpur jail for raping a minor girl at his ashram in Rajasthan in 2013.

Gujarat encounter: Johri takes charge of probe

Gujarat encounter: Johri takes charge of probe

Rediff.com4 May 2007

With police remand of the three IPS officers arrested in the case ending on Saturday, the CID would try to ferret out as much information as possible from the accused.

Prajapati encounter was fake, says Gujarat police

Prajapati encounter was fake, says Gujarat police

Rediff.com4 May 2010

The Gujarat police has accepted as fake the encounter in which Tulsi Prajapati, a key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh murder case, was killed, top state CID officials have said.