Narendra Dabholkar Murder

The investigating agencies could not expose the masterminds behind the murder of Dr Narendra Dabholkar, and must introspect whether it was a mere failure or a "deliberate inaction" due to the influence of any "person in power," the trial court said.

Two people were today sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2013 murder of activist Narendra Dabholkar.

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.

The CBI filed a closure report on Monday, telling the Bombay High Court that their investigation into the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was over.

Speaking after inaugurating 'We Are On Trial', an art exhibition on the murdered rationalist, he also said one needs the same conviction to fight superstition which those who hold on to superstitions possess.

Virendrasinh Tawde, the prime accused in the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case, had asked Sanjay Sadvilkar, now a key prosecution witness, to arrange for bullets, code-named "chocolates", and make a pistol replica, the prosecution said

An eye-witness in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case on Saturday identified alleged shooters Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure in a Pune court that is overseeing the trial, an official said.

The defence on Wednesday refused to admit the list of 13 documents, including the spot 'panchnama', submitted by the prosecution in the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case in a court in Maharashtra.

A special court in Pune on Wednesday framed charges against five accused in the case of murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar.

Charges would be framed against five accused in the case of the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar on September 15, a special court here said today.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday permitted Vikram Bhave, an accused in the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, to travel to Ratnagiri to perform the final rites of his father, who died on June 25.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Vikram Bhave, an accused in the case of killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar

Hameed Dabholkar, son of late anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, said on Tuesday that it was "painful" that even after seven years, the probe into his father's murder has not reached a conclusion.

During investigation into the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, the CBI recovered a firearm from a creek in Thane district of Maharashtra, sources in the probe agency said.

A special court in Pune rejected the bail application of Sanatan Sanstha member Vikram Bhave on Tuesday, who is one of the accused in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.

The investigating agencies could not expose the masterminds behind the murder of Dr Narendra Dabholkar, and must introspect whether it was a mere failure or a "deliberate inaction" due to the influence of any "person in power," the trial court said.

Two people were today sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2013 murder of activist Narendra Dabholkar.

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.

The CBI filed a closure report on Monday, telling the Bombay High Court that their investigation into the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was over.

Speaking after inaugurating 'We Are On Trial', an art exhibition on the murdered rationalist, he also said one needs the same conviction to fight superstition which those who hold on to superstitions possess.

Virendrasinh Tawde, the prime accused in the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case, had asked Sanjay Sadvilkar, now a key prosecution witness, to arrange for bullets, code-named "chocolates", and make a pistol replica, the prosecution said

An eye-witness in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case on Saturday identified alleged shooters Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure in a Pune court that is overseeing the trial, an official said.

The defence on Wednesday refused to admit the list of 13 documents, including the spot 'panchnama', submitted by the prosecution in the rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case in a court in Maharashtra.

A special court in Pune on Wednesday framed charges against five accused in the case of murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar.

Charges would be framed against five accused in the case of the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar on September 15, a special court here said today.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday permitted Vikram Bhave, an accused in the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, to travel to Ratnagiri to perform the final rites of his father, who died on June 25.

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to Vikram Bhave, an accused in the case of killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar

Hameed Dabholkar, son of late anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, said on Tuesday that it was "painful" that even after seven years, the probe into his father's murder has not reached a conclusion.

During investigation into the murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, the CBI recovered a firearm from a creek in Thane district of Maharashtra, sources in the probe agency said.

A special court in Pune rejected the bail application of Sanatan Sanstha member Vikram Bhave on Tuesday, who is one of the accused in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.