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Shocker : Push to reopen Dabo Club after Christmas Night double murder

Dabo club Nagpur Efforts to reopen the controversial Dabo Club, which was shut down for 45 days following the murder of two young men, have triggered strong anger and fear among the families of the victims. The incident took place in the early hours of December 26 last year during a Christmas party at Dabo Club. Pranav Ranavare (27) was allegedly killed after a minor dispute. His friend, Gaurav Karda (34), was badly injured in the same incident and later died during treatment.  The Sonegaon police arrested six accused - Soumya Deshmukh, Mehul alias Monu Rahate, Rajiv Chawla, Abhay Jhamtani, Gappu Sharma and Tushar Nankani. All the accused are currently lodged in jail. The club is owned by Directors Devyani Vijay Wadettiwar, Karan Vikram Thakkar and Mohd Hamza Rayeen. It may be mentioned here that Dabo Club has a long history of complaints related to harassment and assaults. Police sources said repeated warnings were ignored by the management. During the investigation, it was found...

Prostitution racked busted at Ashiyana Bar in city

Sex racket busted
SLEUTHS of Local Crime Branch of Nagpur Rural Police busted a prostitution racket at Ashiyana Bar & Restaurant in Khaperkheda area and arrested four persons, including a girl, in this connection on Tuesday evening. Police claimed that the manager of the bar & restaurant was allegedly providing commercial sex workers (CSWs) to customers. 

The accused have been identified as bar manager Rajesh Kumar Singh (25), a resident of Nagpur, waiter, Baba alias Mamaji Saraf (55), a resident of Ayodhya Nagar, pimp Rauf Khan Ramjan Khan (38), a resident of Mahal, near Ayachit Mandir, and a 28-year-old commercial sex worker.


Acting on a tip off, Police Sub-Inspectors Amol Daund and Prashant Bharte went to the bar posing as customers. They contacted Rauf on his cellphone and asked for a girl for their entertainment. However, Rauf did not respond for five days. 

On Tuesday, Rauf asked Duand to meet at Dahegaon by-pass for the deal. At 4 pm, waiter Baba reached there on a motorcycle and fixed a deal for Rs 10,000 for providing a girl at Ashiyana Bar & Restaurant. Daund and Bharte gave him Rs 5000/- as advance. Baba contacted Rauf and told him that he got Rs 5000/-. After some time Rauf came with the girl on a motorcycle. Baba then took Daund and the girl to Ashiyana Bar & Restaurant. Rauf then took the balance amount of Rs 5000/- from Bharte. After Daund and Bharte confirmed that flesh trade was flourishing in Ashiyana Bar & Restautant, they signalled the LCB team. The team caught manager Rajesh Singh after he allotted a room to Daund and the girl.

Cops arrested all the accused and registered an offence under relevant sections of the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) against them at Khaperkheda Police Station.
The raid was conducted by DySP Kishor Kale, Police Inspectors Rajan Pali and Sunita Meshram, Sub-Inspectors Dinesh Labde, Arvind Saraf, Eknath Ingle and Amol Daund under the supervision of Superintendent of Police Dr Manojkumar Sharma and Addl. SP Prakash Jadhav.


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