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...
By Dheeraj Fartode
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| DCP NIrmala Devi |
Among the four Zones, Zone-III crime graph was lowest. In 2013, the Zone registered 754 serious crimes and the figure rose to 875 in Year 2014. Zone III reported maximum cases of murders in the city i.e. 32 in Year 2014.
Kalamna and Yashodhara Nagar police registered eight murders cases each in Year 2014 followed by five each in Kotwali and Ganeshpeth, four in Lakadganj and two in Tehsil police stations jurisdictions. Kalamna and Lakadganj police stations had reported 12 murders and nine murders in year 2013 respectively. This Zone is most troublesome for city police as it is well known to have maximum concentration of big time criminals. Also the areas has concentration of big markets where daily transactions of huge value takes place. Another factor that
is troublesome for cops is that migrated labours who have made it their home in this areas.
DCP Nirmala Devi (Now, acting as DCP Zone I) had taken charge of the Zone in month of August 2014 from Sanjay Darade. The Zone covers Kotwali, Tehsil, Kalamna, Lakadganj, Ganeshpeth and Yashodhara Nagar police stations. Out of total 32 murders, the police have managed to solve 30 and maintained 100% detection rate in 21 attempt to murder cases. Despite spurt in thefts, the crime rate of Zone was same as that of year 2013.
In preventive steps, the DCPs have done a MCOCA and a MPDA cases and externed 27 goons in year 2014. The Zone showed declining trend in rape cases as 21 rape cases were reported in Year 2014 as against 27 cases reported in year 2013. However, cases of molestation increased by 10 in Year 2014.

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