Police grope in dark in Pune doc murder case
The Pune police is yet to make any headway in the murder case of Dr Narendra Dabholkar. The only clue they have is the possibility that the killers could be located in the districts of Satara, Sangli or Kolhapur. No lead has come out yet from questioning gun running gangs in the city and tracing the bike used in the crime.
The police believes that after committing the murder, the killers escaped to the above mentioned districts as it would be safer than staying Pune where all police stations have been pressed into action to work on the case.
“Dr Dabholkar’s anti-superstition activities were firmly based in these districts. Most of his new programmes including campaigns against jat panchayats, support to inter-caste marriages and drug de-addiction centres originated here. Thus his strongest opponents logically have to hail from these places,” said an officer involved in the case.
The police, that is investigating the possibility of Hindu extremists being involved, is also sharing inputs with agencies including the Intelligence Bureau and the state ATS.
Officers however pointed that Dr Dabholkar had personally never received any death threats except disruptions during some of his programmes and demonstrations against him.
“Had he been actually threatened, tracing the killers would have been easy,” a police officer said.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan said that the investigations had not yet led to any arrests though the police had got some clues regarding the killing of the 69-year-old activist. “There is a progress in the investigation and police have got certain clues. But they have not yet led to any arrests in the case,” he said.
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