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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...

Maha police registers 27,432 offences for violating lockdown

The Maharashtra Police, till Wednesday evening, registered 27,432 First Investigation Reports (FIRs) against thousands of people for violating the lockdown orders. Of them, 4,535 offences were registered in the Vidarbha region including massive 1,999 in Nagpur Police Commissionerate alone. 

Law and Order (L&O) Department of State police issued the statistics on Wednesday evening. Besides registering massive number of offences for violation of lockdown, the police have booked 438 persons for violating quarantine measures. Shockingly, a total of 60 policemen were attacked across the state while performing duty and 161 persons were arrested for the offences. Two policemen were infected in the State while saving the citizens from coronavirus infection and they are placed under quarantine. 

Similarly, the police have registered 977 offences for illegal transportation of various goods including liquor. A total of 1,886 persons were arrested and massive 12,420 vehicles were seized by the police. The police have imposed fine of Rs 95.56 lakh against the violators during the lockdown period. 
The entire police force is on the streets to manage the smooth flow of essential services across the State. As the State government ordered sealing of borders of districts and state, a large number of policemen deployed at entry points all cities. This nakabandi resulted into prohibiting vehicles from plying unnecessarily. 
In Vidarbha, Nagpur police have registered maximum 1,999 offences, followed by 637 offence by Buldhana police, 417 by Washim police, 407 by Amravati City Commissionerate, 308 by Yavatmal police, 154 by Amravati Rural, 131 by Bhandara police, 112 Gondia police, 104 by Wardha police, 95 by Chandrapur police, 69 by Gadchiroli police, 62 by Nagpur Rural and 40 by Akola police. 

Nagpur police tops chart of receiving 
phone calls regarding COVID-19

The Nagpur City Police topped the chart in the state for receiving phone calls at Control Room. In Maharashtra, a total of 58,009 phone calls were received till Wednesday. Of them, massive 17,668 phone calls were received at Nagpur Police Control Room followed by 14,698 at Mumbai Police, 6,885 by Pune police and so on.

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