Vadodara: A married woman committed suicide in Manjalpur area of the city on Monday. Cops said that the deceased, identified as Sheetal Parmar, has not left behind any suicide note.
According to the police, Parmar hung herself at her friend Yogita Kanojiya’s house in Manjalpur. The duo came in contact three months ago and had become good friends. On March 14, Parmar told Kanojia that she is coming to her home with her husband Rahul. The couple stayed at Kanojia’s place on March 14 and the next morning Kanojia left home for work.
When she returned home in the evening, Kanojia saw the door of her room closed and after opening it, got a shock of her life seeing Parmar hanging from the ceiling. She immediately called up Parmar’s husband who too rushed to the spot.
Vadodara: The police on Tuesday arrested four persons for extorting money from a spa owner and her employees on Sama Savli Road.
The accused trio identified themselves as journalists and demanded Rs 2 lakh from Ritu Pandit, a resident of Makarpura, who works at the Feelings Spa. The fifth accused is yet to be arrested.
According to the police, the accused barged into the spa on last Friday and accused the owners of indulging in shady activities.
“They began yelling at the employees and said that they have to come to check the spa. The accused also showed their identity cards and then locked the spa from inside,” the police said.
Vadodara: Ten teachers and one student are currently undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in Vadodara city and district after their samples for coronavirus tested positive.
Sources said that these cases have surfaced in the last couple of days. The student who had tested positive of Covid-19 however, was not attending classes at the school.
“These are all isolated cases that have been reported from Vadodara city, Padra, Karjan among other places. There is no mass sampling being carried out at educational institutes in Vadodara,” said an official.
The official said that since the schools have reopened nearly 25 teachers including principals and students who have tested positive of Covid-19.
Vadodara: If you get a call from an unidentified person identifying himself as an army man or a cop wanting to rent your house, then beware. He may be a fraudster trying to dupe you of your hard earned money by promising to pay the rent if you scan a QR code sent by him. For a couple of years the Mewati gang that specialises in this fraud has become active in Gujarat and begun targeting unsuspecting citizens.
In a bid to tackle such cyber frauds, the police department has formed three different teams under the cybercrime police. “We get several complaints of online frauds so I have formed three different teams to focus on different crimes. One team focuses on social media frauds wherein conmen make fake profiles and siphon-off money from people,” said Shamsher Singh, city police commissioner.
BJP are claiming that they are sure of getting the majority
Vadodara: It seems that Wednesday’s contest for the president’s post of the Godhra municipality will go down to the wire. In the past, winning independent candidates used to side with the BJP after elections. But this time around, the pre and post-poll scenario has made things difficult for such candidates, who win in most of the seats.
The election of the municipality president in Godhra has always been a dramatic affair. The BJP has usually managed to reach close to the half waymark on itself, but has needed support from independents. A majority of candidates who win in the 44-member municipality are independents and most of them belong to the minority community.