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...
Cops probing into the ‘iridium fraud’ case were shocked to learn that accused Raj Singh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand, was posing as a RAW agent to impress the investors. The fraudster was arrested by the police for duping film producer-director Vipul Shah and his business partner of Rs. 5 crore by luring them into investing in ‘iridium business'.
The accused was carrying three to four fake identity cards with him. He was organising seminars for handicapped people in which senior government officials were called as chief guest. After identifying ‘targets’ from the audience, he get befriended with them. Slowly, he was introducing “iridium business” to the targets. To convinces the ‘targets’, he was posing himself as secret agent of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). A police official informed that Raj Singh had even told one investor that he was working with Indian government for extradition of Vijay Mallya.
He was always seen with a handicapped woman. He had also forged marriage certificate so that he could gain sympathy of investors, he official said.
Film director and Producer Vipul Shah was duped by Raj Singh and his two accomplices of Rs five crore. He approached Shah and his partner in his film production house, Vinit Singh, sometime in 2010, promising to invest Rs. 100 crore in film-production.
The accused told Shah and his partner that they were in the lucrative business of collecting antiques and British-era coins which contain iridium, a rare metal. Iridium is in great demand for its "supernatural powers'' and even the defence forces need it, the accused had told Shah and his partner. They allegedly offered Shah and Singh an opportunity to invest in this business.
Shah said in his complaint that he and his partner travelled all across the country with the accused, spending their own money and even transferring some money to the accused, in connection with the so-called business before they realized that they were being taken for a ride. They had spent around Rs. 5 crore during these travels, Shah told police. A police official said that the accused had duped more than 20 citizens by promising huge returns. “They will lodge the complaint on Tuesday,” the official said.
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