Monday was the fourth consecutive day when the number of new cases in the city was higher than the previous day
VADODARA: Covid-19 continued to tighten its grip around the city and district with 69 new cases being reported on Monday. It has also come to light that since Sunday four corporators have isolated themselves after being infected.
Monday was the fourth consecutive day when the number of new cases in the city was higher than the previous day. The 69 cases were detected from 2,698 tests conducted across the city and district.
The new cases included 22 in areas of the district outside Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits and 47 in the city. In the city, the north and south zone of the civic body registered 13 new cases each while 12 new cases were reported in the west zone and nine in the east zone.
Vadodara: The special operations group (SOG) busted an international cyber fraud and arrested 13 persons including three who were operating a call centre from the city on Sunday. Cops have also seized cash and gadgets worth Rs 6.42 lakh from the gang that defrauded unsuspecting victims in the United States.
According to the police, Jayesh alias Mike Hargunani is the mastermind of the crime that was executed from a residential apartment in Harni. The police said that Jayesh had launched an organization called Social Security Administration to run his clandestine operation. “He and his gang used to call American citizens and dupe them claiming that their name has cropped up in a drug or money laundering racket. When the scared victims asked for a way out, the gang used to ask them to buy gift cards towards the fee,” police said.
Vadodara: An assistant professor of Department of Sociology has become the first from the teaching staff of M S University’s Faculty of Arts to have f.
Police at the spot on Sunday
Vadodara: A fight between children took a turn for the worst after a resident of Fatehpura fired from an air gun on Sunday evening. Accused identified as Munaf fired at Samir Mansuri, while four other accused attacked him. According to the police, the air gun pellet didn’t hit anyone, but one person suffered injuries after being attacked with a sword. According to Samir’s younger brother Sohail, the children got into a fight over a petty issue on Sunday afternoon following which Samir went to talk with the family members of one of the kids. Later the accused came to meet Samir and attacked him. The police said that they have found one pellet fired from the air gun. A team of local cops and crime branch rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. The cops are in the process of registering FIR at city police station.
Shishir Darji
Vadodara: Six days after he committed suicide at his home, cops have booked Shishir Darji’s wife and in-laws for abetment to suicide. The police have already taken Monika Darji, Kailashnath Jaiswal and Geeta Jaiswal into custody and are awaiting their Covid-19 report for formal arrest.
“Darji had left a note before taking his own life blaming the trio for his suicide. We investigated the case and booked the three accused,” said J I Patel, police inspector, Jawaharnagar police station. Monika was picked up from Dabhoi where she was staying with her brother, while Geeta and Kailashnath were taken into custody from their home in Vyara.