Thousands stolen from Donation Box of City Temple

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Suspected thieves have stolen thousands of rupees from the donation box placed at Neemriya Ganpati Temple, one of the oldest temples of the city located at Bhattiyani Chohta. Just opposite to Ganpati Temple, another temple of Goddess Mahalaxmi was also targeted by thieves but they could not succeed.

The incident came to light today morning when the Pujari of the temple came early morning and noticed that the gates of the temple were open and the donation box was broken. [Read more...]

11 Pair Gold Eartops Stolen from Alankar Jewelers, thieves caught into Camera

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In an incident that took place today evening at Alankaar Jewelers Mohti Chohta, four unidentified people robbed 11 pairs of gold ear tops; the whole incident was recorded into CCTV which was later given to police.

The suspects entered in the shop at 5:30 and insisted to see earrings and ear tops. According to the shop owner Mohan Makhija, there were four people (2 men and 2 women) the men were 20-25 year old while both women were around 40-45 year old. [Read more...]

Jewelry Shop Burgled, Owner suspects a Woman customer

A Jewelry shop owner has reported a case of theft at his shop. The owner has raised suspicion on an unknown woman who came to his shop in his absence, a couple of days back.

Shop owner, Kanhaiyalal Soni, lodged a complaint at Surajpol Police station today stating that jewelries including a gold ring, a pair of gold ear rings and a traditional gold ornament were found missing when he counted the stock on 5 Feb as he does every day before closing his shop. [Read more...]

Tea Vendor Hangs Himself at Jal Burj, Dudh Talai

A 47-year-old man, owning a tea stall near Dudh Talai was found hanging from iron railing situated near Mahadev Mandir at Jal Burj, yesterday night. The reason for suicide is not yet clear; police has shifted the body to mortuary and started investigating.

The deceased Gopal Salvi, resident of government press slum colony run a tea stall at Dudh Talai. Gopal suddenly disappeared yesterday afternoon at around 12:30. At night around 8:30, he was found hanging dead in an isolated place of Jal Burj, from an iron railing near a temple.

Ghanta Ghar Police responded on the situation and transferred the body to mortuary for post mortem. The reason for Salvi’s death is still not clear. Prima Facie, it is believed to be suicide

Dead Body found at Dudhtalai

UPDATE: The deceased have been identified today (11 Nov, 2012) as Devilal (60), resident of Sector-5, Shanti Nagar. He was an Ex CISS Jawan.

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A body of an unidentified man was found at Dudhtalai today morning at around 9 am, the body which was lying under the ‘chhatri’ was first noticed by a passerby and later by Ghanta ghar police.

During the initial search of the belongings and cloths of the deceased, police found a receipt of Satellite hospital Ambamata and the name mentioned on it was Devilal. On the basis of receipt, police is considering the dead man as Devi Lal.

“A bottle of liquor, water bottles and some poisonous substance in powdered form was also found, the deceased wore uniform of a private security services, along with a navy blue color jacket”, said police.

Police is also trying to get in touch with security services to identify the deceased. However, the body is shifted to mortuary.

Railway sweeper accused of raping minor girl, arrested

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A 17-year-old girl had been subjected to physical and sexual abuse by a married man for several months; the girl finally broke out in front of her family and police today, when her pregnancy was exposed to her elder sister.

Ghanta Ghar Police has arrested a man identified as Riyaz alias Rajesh Hela, resident of Helawadi, near Ghanta Ghar for threatening the girl and entering into illicit physical relationship with her.

A crowd from ‘Hela’ community gathered at police station and demanded strict action against the accused. [Read more...]

Mentally ill Woman drowns in Pichola; Body found after 24 hrs

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Body of a supposedly deprived woman was recovered from Pichola Lake’s Imli Ghat area today afternoon. The woman is believed to have drowned in the lake almost 24 hours back.

The victim has been identified as Asha Kumari and her age is around 55. Ghanta Ghar Police has sent the body for autopsy and is searching for her relatives.

Asha Kumari, her name, is engraved on the hand. This helped police to identify the deceased. According to locals, she was often seen begging and wandering in the nearby areas of old city. She was mentally unwell and belonged to Gogunda on the outskirt of Udaipur.

Police believe that her death was due to drowning in lake and is treating it as an accidental death.

Woman robbed by ‘Metal Cleaning’ Thieves

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A young woman was robbed by two people who introduced themselves as representatives of a chemical company proficient in making products for cleaning metals and jewelry.

Purnima Jain, resident of Inside Hathipol, was targeted by well dressed conmen. They asked her to bring any metallic object and they would show how their special chemical works.

Influenced by the imposing body language and communication skill, Purnima started acting as told by them.

According to Purnima, “They first asked me to bring brass made objects and then silver ornaments. I gave them the objects and they showed me and my neighbor how to clean it.” [Read more...]

Constable Suspended for alleged misbehaviour

The purported misbehavior of Police Constables resulted in a harsh protest in-front of the Ghantagar Police Station in the evening today when a case was registered against Farukh, Constable and Madan Lal Verma, Head Constable, Ghantaghar Police Station.

Pallav Shrimali (18), who is also a relative of Dinesh Shrimali, Councilor, Ward No. 13; accused Farukh and Madan Lal of harassing him in the name of checking, manhandled him and dragging his bike to the Police Station with no reason.

In words of Pallav, while he was returning from Dudhtalai; Farukh stopped him by way of checking and asked for his licence.  Meanwhile when Pallav was showing him the license, Madan Lal came from behind and slapped Pallav.  He asked for the reason, and also gave reference of Dinesh Shrimali.

Madan Lal kept bad mouthing and asked him for Rs. 500 as penalty and while Pallav refused; they dragged his bike to Ghantagar Police Station. [Read more...]

1000 Fake Perfumes seized in Police Raid

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In a Police Raid, the Gantaghar Police seized 1009 Bottles of Imitations of Branded Perfumes at Asian Industries, Gantaghar in the morning today.

Subhash Balawat, owner of Asian Industries has been arrested by the Police for his illicit cottage production of fake perfumes.

According to the Police, they had been tipped of about Balawat’s wrong doing from their sources. No estimate on the value of the stock of the seized goods has been declared so far. [Read more...]