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{{Short description|2011 crime in Mumbai, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
The '''Keenan-Reuben murder case''' relates to the murder of Keenan Santos (Keenan){{efn|name=FirstName"|News reports consistently use first names for Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes/Fernandez so this article does the same}} aged 24 and Reuben Fernandez (Reuben){{efn|name=FirstName"}} aged 29 in [[Mumbai]], India on 20 October 2011.<ref name="BBC20160505"/><ref name="HindustanT20180820"/><ref name="Huff20160715"/> The pair were murdered in Mumbai by a group of about 17 men while the passing crowd of over 50 persons looked passively on. The group was associated with a pair of men who had been rebuffed by Keenan and Reuben for molesting girls in their party.<ref name="Huff20160715"/>

==Incident==
On 11 October 2011 Keenan and Reuben were part of a party of 4 men and 3 women who were on a night out in the western suburbs of Mumbai, a city with a reputation of being among the safest in India for women. The girls were harassed and molested by a small group of men. The girls rebuffed the advances and the men were reprimanded by Keenan and Reuben and initially left the scene.<ref name="Huff20160715"/> They gathered a group of 17 men equipped with knives, poles and bamboo sticks. Catching up with Keenan and Reuben they assaulted the pair with Keenan being stabbed first and dying shortly thereafter and Reuben dying some days later.<ref name="Huff20160715"/>

==Trial==
The murder case was shifted to a Special Women's Court and eventually the four perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.<ref name="Huff20160715"/>

==Aftermath==
Avinash Bali, a police informer and the key witness in the trial, was himself murdered on 20 August 2018.<ref name="HindustanT20180820"/>

==Notes==
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== References ==

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<ref name="BBC20160505">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36210470|title=Murderers of Mumbai 'heroes' get life|date=5 May 2016|website=BBC|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114064535/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36210470|archive-date=14 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="Huff20160715">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/05/keenan-rueben_n_9845376.html|work=Huffington Post|first=Piyasree|last=Dasgupta|title=How Mumbai Failed To Protect Keenan And Reuben In 2011|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715102005/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/05/05/keenan-rueben_n_9845376.html|archive-date=15 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="HindustanT20180820">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/3-arrested-for-killing-avinash-bali-key-witness-in-keenan-reuben-double-murder-case/story-UT2ofi7DENGyXJkYZUWfML.html|title=3 arrested for killing Avinash Bali, key witness in Keenan-Reuben double murder case|date=27 August 2018|access-date=19 September 2019|website=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828133341/https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/3-arrested-for-killing-avinash-bali-key-witness-in-keenan-reuben-double-murder-case/story-UT2ofi7DENGyXJkYZUWfML.html|archive-date=28 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

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[[Category:2011 murders in India]]
[[Category:Murder in Mumbai]]

Keenan-Reuben murder case - Revision history

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