Dr Virendra Tawade, a member of Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, has been arrested by the CBI in connection with the killing of social activist Dr. Narendra Dhabolkar. The arrest was made in Mumbai on Friday and he was present before a Pune court on Saturday which sent him to CBI custody till June 16.
This is the first arrest in almost three years since Dabholkar, a rationalist and anti-superstition activist, was shot dead by unidentified assailants while on a morning walk in Pune on August 20, 2013.
The CBI has conducted several raids at Tawde's residence since last week. The agency reportedly recovered evidences which links Tawde with Dhabolkar’s murder. However, his exact role in the crime is yet to be ascertained.
The case was initially being probed jointly by the Pune & Mumbai Police before it was transferred to the CBI in 2014.
Tawade's arrest comes as a major breakthrough because of the eerie similarity between killing of Dabholkar and other activists like Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi.
Tawde will be produced in Pune's sessions court on Saturday.
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