Kalaburgi murder: A year on, probe still stuck in a loop
Bengaluru, Aug 30: It has been a year since rationalist, Prof M M Kalaburgi was shot dead. While campaigns have begun seeking justice for the slain rationalist, the probe into his murder appears to be in a loop.
Chief
Minister
of
Karnataka,
Siddaramaiah
said
that
the
investigating
team
would
crack
the
case
soon.
The
probe,
if
one
were
to
look
at
it,
is
stuck
in
a
loop
and
is
largely
dependent
on
the
ongoing
probe
into
the
murders
of
rationalists,
Govind
Pansare
and
Narendra
Dabholkar
who
were
killed
in
Maharashtra.
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In a loop
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) which is probing the case has found similarities in the murders of Pansare, Dabholkar and Kalaburgi. The closest that the CID got to the accused was following the arrest of Virendra Tawde. He was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
CID officials say that they had sourced the bullets and cartridges used in the murders of Pansare and Dabholkar. The CID was able to link the murders based on Ballistic fingerprinting. Forensics also revealed that the markings on bullets and cartridges fired from the gun used to kill Dabholkar, and one of the two guns used to kill Pansare, were identical.
Further a second gun which was used in the murder of Pansare was also found to be similar to the one used in the Kalaburgi killing. The CBI which is probing the Pansare case has sought the opinion of an international agency. Once the report is available the CID in Karnataka too would get more information.
The CID which is probing the role of the Sanathan Sanstha is also focusing on the four missing persons involved in the Goa 2009 blasts. Jai Prakash, Rudra Patil, Sarang Kulkarni and Praveen Limkar are under the scanner of the investigators.
The CID is also probing the conversation between Tawde and Akolkar. It was found that the name of Kalaburgi had cropped up during the discussions between these persons.
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