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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...

Rape accused escape from hospital, arrested

An under-trial prisoner escaped while being treated for tuberculosis from Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H)  late Monday night. He was accused in a gang-rape case reported in year 2017. Within eight hours of his escape, Pardi police nabbed the accused from Bhavani Nagar area and handed him over to Imambada police.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone IV Dr. Akshay Shinde informed ‘The Hitavada’ that Krishna Dongre (23), a resident of Rana Pratap Nagar area, is accused in a gang-rape case registered in Sitabuldi police station in year 2017. Dongre and Jeetu Manglani, both working as auto-rickshaw drivers, had raped a 16-year-old girl who had escaped from the government observation home. The girl was gang-raped twice in Khamla and Jaripatka area on April 20 and 22 in 2017.
A total of 10 accused were arrested by the police in this case and Dongre was named as prime-accused. Since then, he has been cooling heels behind bars in the Central Jail. He was admitted to the Tuberculosis Ward of GMC&H on May 4.
On Monday at 9.45 pm, Dongre was going to attend nature’s call with NPC Nilkanth Iwnate. He gave a jerk to NPC Iwnate and fled away after pushing him down. The cop alerted the police control room immediately. Staff of Imambada police station and DCP Zone IV Dr Shinde rushed to the spot. All police stations were alerted about the escape of the accused.
A team of Pardi police led by PSI Sharad Shipne received a tip-off about Dongre and arrested him from Bhavani Nagar area where he was hiding at the house of hsi relative. An offence under Section 224 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Imambada police station.
It may be mentioned that Shijo Chandrar Nadar, a MCOCA accused, also escaped from TB Ward of GMC on May 16 last year. He was later arrested from the national capital by Delhi police.  
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