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Shocker : Push to reopen Dabo Club after Christmas Night double murder

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...

Woman RTO official arrested in learning license scam

Published on November 5, 2019

Economic Offence Wing (EoW) on Monday arrested a Woman Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector (WAMVI) in connection with learning license scam. 
The accused WAMVI was identified as Sanjivani Chopde. Senior Police Inspector (EoW) Hemantkumar Kharabe informed The Hitavada that the EoW obtained two-days police custody of the accused officer for custodial interrogation. 
He further said that RTO had set up an e-system to issue licenses. User id and password of the system was given to the touts by the RTO officials. The touts had issued hundreds of the licenses by accessing the system in connivance with the RTO officials. The touts were charging more than Rs 1,000 for each learning license and transferring a part of it to the RTO officials, PI Kharabe said.
First Investigation Report (FIR) was registered at Sitabuldi police station on the basis of complain lodged by RTO, Nagpur on September 27. The scam came to fore in year November last year after which PI Vijay Kare of Cyber Cell of City Police had conducted an investigation into the scam. He submitted a report to State Transport Commissioner. An offence under Sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 471 of Indian Penal Code was registered by the police. 
The accused were identified as Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors (AMVIs) Abhijeet Khare, Shailesh Kopulla, Vilas Tengne, Sanjay Pallewad, Sanjivani Chopde, Mangesh Rathod, Mithun Dongre; Jr Clerk Dipali Bhoyar, the then System Administrator Pradip Lohgaonkar; Ashwini Sawarkar, Rajesh Deshmukh, Ashish Bhoyar, Arun Lanjewar, Umesh Dhiwdhonde, UTL employee Amol Pantawne, private internet subscriber of Orange Infocom Pvt Ltd and owner of Orange Infocom Pvt Ltd Jeram Jerome D'souza. 
The police have arrested Abhijeet Khare, Shailesh Kopulla, Vilas Thengne, Sanjay Pallewad, Mangesh Rathod and Mithun Dongre so far. “Remaining accused will be arrested very soon,” said PI Kharabe. 

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