The state government will take cognisance of the observation made by the Pune court in its order in the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, said deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Fadnavis, who was in the city on Saturday, said, “The law and judiciary will go through detailed order, and a decision will be taken whether to approach the high …
The special court, which on Friday convicted two of the five accused in the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, came down heavily on the Pune police and the CBI for failing to unearth the masterminds behind the crime. In its 170-page order, the special court for UAPA cases observed that Dabholkar’s murder was not an exclusive act of …
Pune: A special court in Maharashtra on Friday convicted two men for the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune but acquitted three others, almost 11 years after the grisly crime shocked the country and sparked suspicions of a wider conspiracy targeting leftist activists, journalists and atheists. “In the case of Bhave and Punalekar, even if there is scope for …
