Special court in Pune frames charges in Dabholkar murder
The Hindu
Five accused will finally face trial after eight years in the case which shook Maharashtra
Eight years after he was shot by motorcycle-borne assailants while out for a morning stroll in Pune, a special court on September 15 finally framed charges against five of the accused in the .
The framing of the charges paves the way for the long-delayed trial in the case which shook Maharashtra.
The accused include ENT specialist Dr. Virendrasinh Tawde, a member of the fringe Sanatan Sanstha, who has been referred by probe agencies as the “mastermind”; Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar, who have been named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as the shooters; Sanatan Sanstha lawyer Sanjeev Punalekar; and another Sanstha member Vikram Bhave.
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