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...
Railway officials chose to book transporter for false declaration whereas it could have invoked more stringent provisions relating to carrying inflammable material
Nagpur Division of Central Railway patting its back for intercepting foreign made liquor at Nagpur railway station let the culprit off the hook by invoking lenient clause of false declaration. In fact, RPF could have booked the firm that was transporting the liquor for carrying inflammable goods in the train that could have lead to prosecution.
A railway official informed The Hitavada that Commercial Department and RPF have imposed fine worth Rs 1.10 lakh under Section 163 of Railway Act against the lease holder for false declaration of goods. The consignee simply mentioned that they are transporting some goods but in reality they were transporting costly liquor. This was a case of smuggling foreign liquor to evade payment of excise duty, the officer said. However, reason for not imposing fine for transporting inflammable goods in the trains without prior information could not be ascertained.
Public Relation Officer (PRO) P. D. Patil said that the transporter has been booked for false declaration. “A detailed report has been sent to Northern Railway Headquarters for further action,” said PRO Patil.
Another railway official informed that the division authorities had chance to book the lease holder under section 164 of Railway Act for transporting dangerous products. However division officials opted for simple action to avoid lengthy paper work for invoking sections pertaining to transportation of inflammable material. The officer speaking on condition of anonymity said for inflammable material, it would have to be impounded and later sent to forensic department for certifying it as dangerous.
RPF Inspector Virendra Wankhede informed The Hitavada that an application has been given to State Excise Department for the further investigation. The Excise Department has to decide on further action against the illegal transporter.
Superintendent of State Excise Department Swati Kakde said that the department would write letters to Excise Department of Delhi and Chennai and then only decide line of action. The action will be initiated against the illegal transporter if he had not paid excise duty of importing foreign-made liquor.
After seizing Foreign-made liquor worth lakhs of rupees from Chennai bound trains, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) has involved State Excise Department to investigate the case further.
It may be mentioned that RPF’s Nagpur Unit, on Friday night, seized foreign-made liquor from 12616 Delhi-Chennai GT Express, and 12622 Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express at night hours and took the consignments in the custody. The train was detained at Nagpur Railway Station for more than 30 minutes.
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