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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...

Murder over property dispute: 5 including 2 cops get lifer

By Dheeraj Fartode

Sessions Court on Tuesday sentenced five persons including two police constables to life imprisonment in connection with a sensational murder at Gittikhadan.



District and Sessions Judge V P Ingle held Satish Sushilkumar Shukla (31), Shailesh Sushilkumar Shukla (30), Vipin Shrikant Mishra (26), Buland Shrikant Mishra (21), Rakesh alias Jeet Harikishan Meshram (20), a resident of Mankapur, guilty of brutal murder of Ashish Kalicharan Dubey (26) and awarded lifer to them. The court acquitted three accused- Sushilkumar Sarjuprasad Shukla (56), a resident of Mankapur, Dhiraj Sheshrao Gawande (19), a resident of Zingabai Takli and Pramod Chandrikaprasad Mishra (21), a resident of Mankapur, for want of sufficient corroborative evidence.



According to prosecution, on August 28, 2010, the accused stabbed to death Ashish Kalicharan Dubey (26),  a resident of Ingole lay-out, near Nirmala tours and travels office. Sister-in-law of deceased Shanti Dubey in her statement stated that she rushed the deceased at hospital where doctors declared him as brought dead. The accused, who lived behind the residence of deceased, were forcing Ashish to sell his house. However, he refused to bow before his pressure and did not respond to repeated calls of the accused.



On the statement of the complainant eye-witness Shanti Dubey, Gittikhadan police had registered the case under sections 302, 34, 147, 148, 149, 120 (B) of IPC and started investigations. The court after examining evidence on record and after recording testimony of all witnesses, held the accused persons guilty and awarded rigorous life imprisonment.


APP Suinta Khobragade represented prosecution. Adv P K Sathianathan assisted the prosecution. Adv Chandrashekhar Jaltare and R B Gaikwad represented the defence. 

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