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

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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...
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Nagpur girl takes to Twitter to get info about father stranded in Nepal

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By Dheeraj Fartode
A city girl Anuradha Nikumbh, used Twitter to reach out to External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj and locate her father Vasudeosingh Nikumbh (63) in Nepal after the earthquake. She had Twitted “"I had been trying hard since afternoon to reach out Ministry of External Affairs through phone. My dad is in Kathmandu I am unable to contact please help people like us.”" Minutes after her tweet, Sushma Swaraj asked for details about her father. 

For Anuradha, she is currently working in Pune, it was a sort of a shock as she did not anticipate such a fast response and that to from an Union Minister. But gathering herself she uploaded picture of her father along with all other details. 
A grab of tweets exchanged between
External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj Anuradha on Twitter. 
After two hours, her mother received an information at Nagpur that Vasudevsingh Nikumbh (62) was traced in Nepal and he is hale and hearty. The news brought relief in Nikumbh household. Nikumbh is in Nepal for visiting Pashupashinath Temple.
The use of social media and response from External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj has left deep imprint of Nikumbh family.

Anuradha told ‘The Hitavada’ that the family got panicked after hearing news of earthquake in Nepal. “We tried to contact father on mobile phone but it was found to be switched off. Then she recalled about being in touch with External Affairs Minister on Twitter and decided to give it a chance. It was really great experience as Swaraj had responded speedily,” she said. 

Sapna Nikumbh, mother of Anuradha, who lives in Somalwada area said, Vasudeosingh left the city on Wednesday. He along with relatives including Thakursingh Nikumbh (64), Gunwansingh Rathod (76), boarded Gorakhpur Express on Wednesday and reached Kathmandu on Friday night. “Vasudeosingh had called on Friday night,” she said. However, the news of Earthquake panicked Sapna on Saturday as she is living alone at home. I was in panic for a day as there was no contact with Vasudeosingh, she said. Thanks Sushma Swaraj and thanks Twitter, she said.

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