Fri, 11 Sept, 2026, 06:28 am
Gujarat Data Reveals 620 Rape Cases and 495 Cyber Fraud Cases Across Ahmedabad and Surat in a Year
Reported by the420.in
Ahmedabad registered 289 cases during the period, while Surat recorded 331, alongside thousands of cases involving theft, murder, kidnapping, cyber fraud and other offences.
The figures were presented in the Gujarat Assembly by Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi in response to a question by Anklav MLA Amit Chavda. The data covered theft, robbery, rape, murder, molestation, kidnapping, extortion, prohibition, gambling and cyber fraud cases in the two cities.
Ahmedabad registered 2,860 theft cases, 56 robberies, 289 rape cases and 83 murder cases during the one-year period. Police also recorded 117 molestation cases, 225 kidnapping cases and 10 extortion cases.
The city reported 12,889 cases under Gujarat’s prohibition law and 1,495 gambling cases. Another 495 cyber fraud cases were registered during the same period.
Surat recorded 1,275 theft cases, 54 robberies, 331 rape cases and 115 murder cases. It also registered 134 molestation cases, 297 kidnapping cases and 108 extortion cases. The city recorded 8,556 prohibition cases, 1,137 gambling cases and 333 cyber fraud cases during the period.