MUMBAI: It was around midnight on August 15, 2018, around five years after rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants, when the case was cracked by a Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad team, quite by a stroke of luck. Andure was also in the ATS’ detention back then, according to sources familiar with the investigation into Dabholkar’s murder. The …
Mumbai: A Pune sessions court on Friday convicted two and acquitted three accused persons in the 11-year-old murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The remaining three accused persons — Dr Virendrasinh Tawade, Sanjeev Punalekar and his aide Vikram Bhave — were acquitted for insufficient evidence against them. In June 2016, the CBI arrested ENT surgeon Dr. Virendrasinh Tawde, who was linked …
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Central Bureau of Investigation in a plea filed by Mukta Dabholkar, kin of murdered anti-superstition activist Narender Dabholkar, challenging the bail granted by the Bombay High Court to one of the accused Vikram Bhave. Background During the course of hearing initially, the Court was of the view that the role attributed to …
