Narendra Dabholkar murder: Parties call for a bandh in Pune
Pune, Aug 21: Political parties and social organisations have called for a bandh in the city on Wednesday to protest the murder of anti-superstition crusader Narendra Dabholkar.
A
protest
march
was
taken
out
by
students
and
citizens
against
the
murder
of
the
activist,
who
spearheaded
the
anti-superstition
movement
in
Maharashtra
and
pressed
for
an
enactment
of
law
to
ban
black
magic
and
inhuman
practices.
However, police are still clueless about the identity of the culprits, even as a sketch of one of the two motorcycle-borne suspects, who shot dead Dabholkar, was released yesterday.
Although the police claimed that they had got "some information", they refused to divulge any details saying it would hamper the investigation. "We do not know who is involved in this and we are probing the case from all angles without ruling out any possibility," a top police official told reporters.
The 69-year-old social activist was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne unidentified assailants at around 7.15 AM yesterday, when he was out for a morning walk on the Omkareshwar Temple bridge in the city.
Four shots were fired at him from close range by the attackers believed to be in the age group of 25-30 years. An eyewitness description of the fleeing assailants and the number-plate of the motorbike they rode, is expected to give some leads to the crime branch sleuths, sources said. Dabholkar's mortal remains were cremated in his hometown Satara last night.
PTI