Eye-witness identifies alleged shooters in Narendra Dabholkar murder case
India Today
An eye-witness in the Narendra Dabholkar murder case identified alleged shooters Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure in a Pune court.
An eye-witness in the 2013 Narendra Dabholkar murder case identified two alleged shooters on Saturday. Kiran Keshav Kamble, a sweeper who works with Pune Municipal Corporation, identified alleged shooters Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure in a Pune court.
Kiran Kamble (46) deposed in front of a special court in Pune. He identified photographs of both the accused in presence of the CBI.
Public Prosecutor Prakash Suryavanshi said, "After finishing his work, he (Kamble) was sitting on a divider, when he heard a sound like a firecracker burst. When he saw in the direction from where the sound emanated, he saw two people shooting a person."
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"These two people started running in the direction where he (Kamble) was sitting. They reached near the police chowki where they had parked their motorcycle, kickstarted it and fled from the spot. Then he (Kamble) reached the spot and saw a person lying in a pool of blood," he added.
Prakash Suryavanshi said that during cross examination, Kamble was asked about the delay in police statement. Cross examination will continue on March 23, he added.
Narendra Dabholkar (67), who headed the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, an anti-superstition outfit, was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, allegedly by members of a right-wing extremist group.
