Samiti meeting will be held to decide on move

Municipal councillor Bipin Patel & ex-councillor Chunilal Prajapati arrested

Former second inspector of the Naroda police station, VS Gohil surrendered before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday. The move came after metropolitan magistrate GM Patel rejected an application submitted by him, saying he wanted to surrender before court.

In his application, he said Gohil had reported an excellent performance as a police official, that he had not gone absconding, but had been on sick leave, and that his mobile phone had been switched off since February 6. Gohil further submitted that he had filed the application fearing he would be declared an absconder.

Admitting that the physical and verbal abuse of a widow by her brother-in-law is a case of domestic violence, a city court on Tuesday forbade him from entering her house. The order also restrained him from communicating with her.

The victim, a 39-year-old woman, residing in Pashan, is the dean of the undergraduate programme of a city-based business school.

The victim's lawyer, Rajendra Anbhule, said that she had married a state government veterinarian on August 10, 1993.

After a son was born on July 19, 1996, their relationship soured and the husband began harassing her.

A woman, who has separated from her husband, has refused the custody of her three children.

The couple have three children, a 12-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy while the youngest is a seven-year-old girl.

The woman has asked the court to allow her to keep her younger daughter, who is studying in standard II, till she completes her final examinations.

The woman’s counsel Sunita Jangam said that her client has refused custody of the three children as she will be living with her father in a small, two-room apartment, which is also occupied by her married brother and his family.

According to Jangam, her client gave a purasish (voluntary submission) to the court saying that she does not want custody of her children.

37 cars imported fraudulently, but cops have seized none

"We thank Sushmita Sen for blowing the lid of this (racket)," said Justice JN Patel on Tuesday. He and Justice VK Tahilramani was hearing the case regarding duty evasion by the actor for the import of a Land Cruiser. Investigations into the case have led to the city police stumbling upon 37 foreign cars fraudulently imported into India.

However, the judges were irked by the fact that none of those cars had been seized so far. "Such a network (for import of cars) can be used by terrorists. In 1993 (Mumbai) blasts, existing smuggling network was used to smuggle in RDX," Justice Patel said. "Do you want the FBI to come and guide you in this case?"