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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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Crime Branch raids Ambekar’s house, seizes vehicles and silver throne collectivelly worth Rs 2.51 crore

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Five cars including a BMW, four motorcycles and a silver throne collectivelly worth Rs 2.51 crore of gangster Santosh Ambekar were seized by Crime Branch of City Police. “The seizure is the part of investigation in Maharasthra Control of Organised Crime Act that was invoked against Ambekar in an cheating and extortion case,” informed Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl CP) Nilesh Bharne on Monday.
“Our teams have carried out the searches at the house of Ambekar in Itwari are for two-days and seized his immovable properties. Many other properties would be seized in upcoming days,” claimed Addl CP Bharne. 
MCOCA was invoked against Ambekar and his 11 accomplices last week by Crime Branch for duping a businessman of Rs five crore in a property deal and also issuing threats to him for extortion of Rs one crore. Soon after, a series of offences were registered against him within a fortnight at Lakadganj, Ambazari, Sonegaon and Tehsil police station. 
Along with Ambekar, Nilesh Kedar (34), Darodkar Chowk; Chandan Choudhary (44), Mumbai; Juhi Choudhary (39), Mumabi; Ankit Patel (31), Gujarat; Ajay Patel (39), Mumbai and Rajendra Armarkar (53), Sitabuldi were arrested by the police so far. 
The cops have also seized Rs 13.66 lakh cash from Juhi Choudhary, Rs 45 lakh cash from Arvind Patel, currency counting machine from Ajay Patle and Rs 84 lakh cash from gold ornaments worth Rs 1.36 lakh from Rajendra Armarkar. It means that the police have seized properties worth Rs 5.30 crore including Rs 1.42 crore cash. 
Add CP Bharne said that the police have collected concrete evidence in all the cases registered against Ambekar and his accomplices this months. “More than 30 criminal cases were registered against him in the city in last 20 years including brutal murder cases of Balya Gawande, Ananta Soni and Anil Ninawe and firing at a jewellery shop,” said Bharne. 
The police investigation revealed that Ambekar had invested money in properties and business at Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore. He was also rotating money among businnesmen and criminals and charging them hefty rate of interest per month. 
MCOCA was invoked against Ambekar four times in the past. But he was acquitted by court in all the cases.
Ambekar was first time arrested by police this month for duping a businessman of Rs five crore in a property deal and also issuing threats to him for extortion of Rs one crore. The complaint was lodged against Ambekar by Jigar Pareshbhai Patel, a resident of Kapadvanj, District - Kheda, Gujarat with Sitabuldi police on Saturday accusing Ambekar and his accomplices for duping him of Rs five crore and demanding extortion of Rs one crore.
Under the guidance of CP Dr. B K Upadhyaya, Joint CP Ravindra Kadam, the action was made by ACPs Sudhir Nandanwar, Kishore Jadhav, PIs, Santosh Khandekar, Narendra Hiwre and staff. 
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Addl CP Nilesh Bharne apealed the citizens to approach the police or contact him on his mobile number 750001666 if they have any compalint against Ambekar. “The ganster have duped hundreds of citizens in the past. People can now approach the police and should not harbour any fear,” said Bharne. 

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