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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...

UP man used prosthetic leg to smuggle drugs, arrested

A 24-year-old youth was arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Nagpur police who was hiding Mephedrone (MD) and Hashish drugs in his prosthetic leg. The police have seized 131 gm of MD worth Rs 13.10 lakh and 130 gm of Hashish worth Rs 39,000/-.  
The accused was identified as Salman Khan Nadir Khan (24), a  resident of Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. A police official said that Khan was smuggling drugs from Mumbai for two drug-peddlers in Nagpur. Salman is disabled and has a prosthetic leg. Therefore, no one get suspicious of him. He used to take advantage of this in smuggling. The ANC team received a tip-off that Salman is coming to Nagpur from Mumbai with drugs. He boarded a Bihar bound train at Mumbai. The police laid a trap at Eastern gate of Nagpur Railway Station on Monday night. As soon as Salman got down from the train, the police team caught him at the gate. The police were surprised after not finding any drugs with him.
The cops then checked his prosthetic leg and recovered the huge quantity of drugs stashed into the leg. The police are now looking for the drug-peddlers. An offence under Sections provisions of NDPS Act was registered against him at Ganeshpeth police station.

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