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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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Most suicides in India were by hanging

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HANGING was the most favourite mode adopted by suicide victims in India as 51.5 per cent victims ended their lives by hanging themselves. More suicide victims are leaning towards this mode as such cases increased by 0.7 per cent in year 2018 as against 49.8 per cent in 2017. 
The shocking revelation came to fore in data released by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) for year 2018. According to statistics, Indians are adopting hanging, poisoning, jumping methods more for suicide which are easily available and effective mode of suicide than painful means such as self-inflicted injuries. 
A total of 26.7 per cent persons had committed suicide by consuming poison in year 2018 as against 27.5 per cent in 2017. It showing declined trend among the Indians. As many as 4.9 per cent victims adopted drowning as mode of suicide while 4.4 per cent adopted self immolation and jumping by 1.9  per cent victims. 
The number of male victims were more than females in all means of suicide except those who committed suicides by self immolation where share of female victims was more - 3,809 out of 5,950.
A total of 53 mega cities having population more than 10 lakh or more show an increasing trend of suicide during 2015 to 2018. It increased by 6.2 per cent (from 19,665 in 2015 to 20,879 in 2016) and increased by 1.8 per cent (from 20,879 in 2016 to 21,240 in 2017). It increased by 0.8 per cent (from 21,240 in 2017 to 21,408 in 2018).
A total of 64 cases of mass or family suicides were registered during the year 2018. In these 64 cases of mass or family suicides, a total of 173 persons, comprising of 119 married persons and 54 unmarried persons, have committed suicides during 2018. Maximum cases of mass or family suicides were reported Tamil Nadu (15 cases) followed by Andhra Pradesh (11 cases), Madhya Pradesh (9), Punjab and  Rajasthan (6 cases each) and Kerala (5 cases) during 2017. A total 35 persons in Tamil Nadu, 26 persons in Andhra Pradesh, 24 persons in Kerala and 22 persons in Uttarakhand have committed mass or family suicides during 2018.

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