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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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Union Cabinet’s decision will be big deterrence to juvenile offenders

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By Dheeraj Fartode
THE Union Cabinet’s decision that empowers police to book juveniles (between 16-18 yrs age) under Indian Penal Code should come as a big deterrence for such offenders who were committing serious crimes but were getting away with no law to punish them. The statistics with Nagpur City Police reveal some shocking acts committed by juveniles.
In last three years and City Police have booked 1281 juvenile delinquents for committing serious crimes. Every year more than 400 juveniles were booked for crimes like murder, rape, robberies, dacoities in city limits.

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Data revealed that juveniles committed 35 murders while 32 were booked for attempt to murders. More shocking is the fact that 26 juveniles are facing charges of rape in the city. These figures are clear indicators of the brutality the juvenile delinquents indulge in but still evade punishment.

Juveniles are on the forefront in thefts too. As per the statistics, total 100 robberies were committed by juveniles in last three years along with 174 burglary and 14 dacoities. The number of thefts goes up to 368 including 163 vehicle thefts.

A senior police officer said that juveniles are repeat offenders and their interrogation reveals that they have no fear of law and law enforcement agencies.

Deterrence theory says that people obey the law because they are scared of getting caught and being punished. However, the theory does not apply to juveniles. The reason is the law enforcement agencies have no power to catch or punish the juveniles. They can only send them to reform homes.

“Nowadays, boys attain maturity at the age of 16. It means, they are mature enough to know about law and law enforcement agencies. If a boy (between age group 16-18) commits a murder then law directs police to send him at Reform Centres. In some cases, we have seen a juvenile, who had committed murder at the age of 16, committing 2-3 murders in next two years,” the officer added.

Cops also reiterated the fact that juvenile delinquents have no fear of law as law does not allow police to even interrogate them in police custody. In this backdrop the Union Cabinet’s approval to amendments in the Juvenile Justice Act, responding to national outcry after the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in Delhi, has come as a potent tool for the law enforcing agencies to deal with this serious issue.
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