Kalburgi Murder

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and MM Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters.

The Supreme Court today asked the CBI whether there was any "common thread" in the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, CPI leader Govind Pansare, activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh and scholar M M Kalburgi.

Two of the main accused in the murder of rationalist MM Kalburgi are missing and cannot be traced, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the Supreme Court on Friday in its status report.

Police filed a chargesheet in the murder of Karnataka scholar MM Kalburgi today, four years after he was shot dead outside his Dharwad home in August 2015. The case was initially probed by the Crime Investigation Department, before being handed over to a special investigation team looking into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

MM Kalburgi, a former vice-chancellor of Hampi University and well-known epigraphist, was shot dead at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad in Karnataka in 2015.

A plea filed by the wife of murdered scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi, seeking a probe by a special investigation team into his killing, will be heard by the Supreme Court today. In the last hearing on January 25, the top court had said it would not adjourn the case. "It's a very serious case and we will hear it... We are not going to adjourn th...

Responding to scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi's wife seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the murder of her husband, the Supreme Court said that "it's a very serious case and we will hear it...We are not going to adjourn the case. Complete your pleadings be ready," said the bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman.

A Pune court on Friday granted bail to three accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar after the investigating agency, CBI failed to file its charges within the stipulated 90-day time-frame.

The Supreme Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murders of Kannada academician MM Kalburgi, journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, social worker Narendra Dabholkar and rationalist Govind Pansare if it can find a common link between them.

Over three years after rationalist MM Kalburgi was shot dead outside his home in Dharwad, his killers are yet to be identified and arrested. The Supreme Court today pulled up the Karnataka government and said "nothing has been done by the Karnataka police" in the case.

A special investigation team probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has named Hindu right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha in its additional charge sheet filed before a Bengaluru court. It also claimed that the 18 accused in the murder were members of an organised crime syndicate.

In a surprise twist in the Gauri Lankesh case, a suspect has alleged that the Karnataka police offered him Rs 25 lakh to confess that he had gunned down the activist-journalist last year. Another suspect claimed that he was forced to accept the charges under threat to his family.

The same group of right-wing activists is behind the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, M M Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, a senior police official said quoting investigation reports.

One of the weapons probably used in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar five years ago was not destroyed by the alleged killers as they believed it was "lucky" for them, CBI sources said.

The SIT probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh today claimed that five suspects, arrested in connection with the case, were also involved in rationalist M M Kalburgi's killing.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and MM Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters.

The Supreme Court today asked the CBI whether there was any "common thread" in the murders of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, CPI leader Govind Pansare, activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh and scholar M M Kalburgi.

Two of the main accused in the murder of rationalist MM Kalburgi are missing and cannot be traced, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the Supreme Court on Friday in its status report.

Police filed a chargesheet in the murder of Karnataka scholar MM Kalburgi today, four years after he was shot dead outside his Dharwad home in August 2015. The case was initially probed by the Crime Investigation Department, before being handed over to a special investigation team looking into the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

MM Kalburgi, a former vice-chancellor of Hampi University and well-known epigraphist, was shot dead at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad in Karnataka in 2015.

A plea filed by the wife of murdered scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi, seeking a probe by a special investigation team into his killing, will be heard by the Supreme Court today. In the last hearing on January 25, the top court had said it would not adjourn the case. "It's a very serious case and we will hear it... We are not going to adjourn th...

Responding to scholar and rationalist MM Kalburgi's wife seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the murder of her husband, the Supreme Court said that "it's a very serious case and we will hear it...We are not going to adjourn the case. Complete your pleadings be ready," said the bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman.

A Pune court on Friday granted bail to three accused in the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar after the investigating agency, CBI failed to file its charges within the stipulated 90-day time-frame.

The Supreme Court today asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the murders of Kannada academician MM Kalburgi, journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, social worker Narendra Dabholkar and rationalist Govind Pansare if it can find a common link between them.

Over three years after rationalist MM Kalburgi was shot dead outside his home in Dharwad, his killers are yet to be identified and arrested. The Supreme Court today pulled up the Karnataka government and said "nothing has been done by the Karnataka police" in the case.

A special investigation team probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has named Hindu right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha in its additional charge sheet filed before a Bengaluru court. It also claimed that the 18 accused in the murder were members of an organised crime syndicate.

In a surprise twist in the Gauri Lankesh case, a suspect has alleged that the Karnataka police offered him Rs 25 lakh to confess that he had gunned down the activist-journalist last year. Another suspect claimed that he was forced to accept the charges under threat to his family.

The same group of right-wing activists is behind the killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar, M M Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, a senior police official said quoting investigation reports.

One of the weapons probably used in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar five years ago was not destroyed by the alleged killers as they believed it was "lucky" for them, CBI sources said.

The SIT probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh today claimed that five suspects, arrested in connection with the case, were also involved in rationalist M M Kalburgi's killing.