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...
DCP Sanjay Darade inspecting the murder spot at Babulban.
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By Dheeraj Fartode
A mother bid to save his son went in vain as assailants murdered the history sheeter in full public view at Babulban area of Lakadganj police station on Sunday afternoon. The assailants who numbered around seven said they had come to resolve a dispute that Atish alias Balya Haribhau Meshram (26) had with Nitesh Jadhav whose driver was yesterday assaulted. However the moment Balya stepped out of house, the seven laced with knives and swords pounced on him and felled him to ground.Hearing the screams, Balya’s mother rushed to door sensing the worst. She was aided by her other son and two tried to defend the history sheeter who was outnumbered as well as taken by surprise. The gang of killers it seems determined to finish their business and pushed aside Meshram mother-son duo and right in front of their eyes murdered Balya.
The incident occurred near Sugat Buddha Vihar around 3 pm. The attackers were identified as Vivek Jadhav, Jitu Jadhav, Rakesh Jadhav, Surendra Tikle, Suresh Khobragade, Chinya Autowala, Avinash and Kulli. A police officer said immediate provocation for attack was yesterday quarrel outside a beer bar wherein Balya had allegedly assaulted Nitesh’s driver. Though that time Nitesh intervened and prevented further escalation of the fight.
However Nitesh himself led the assailants as they wanted to square off with Balya who was an accused in murder of a goon Tarbez but was acquitted in the case.
Meanwhile the attack lasted barely few minutes and Jadhav and his accomplices walked away unchallenged from the spot. Staff of Lakadganj police station rushed to the spot and sent the body to Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Mayo Hospital for autopsy. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III) Sanjay Darade visited the spot and directed police officers to arrest the accused persons.
Lakadganj police have registered a case under sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 302 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC); read with sub section 3, 7 of Criminal Law Amendment Act; secs. 4, 25 of Arms Act; and sec. 135 of Bombay Act.
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