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2 Sanatan Sanstha members convicted of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder | Latest News India

A special Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) court in Pune on Friday convicted two shooters associated with Sanatan Sanstha of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder in August 2013 and sentenced them to life in prison. Rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. (HT PHOTO) Additional sessions judge A A Jadhav pronounced Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar guilty under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA. Three other Sanatan Sanstha members Virendrasinh Tawade, Sanjiv Punalekar, and Vikram Bhave were acquitted. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “Tawade, Punalekar, and Bhave have been acquitted for want of evidence. The prosecution failed to prove the charges,” said Jadhav. “In the case of Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure, the charges have been proved. They have been held guilty and imprisoned for life.” Two assailants shot dead Dabholkar, 67, a leading light of the nationalist movement, while he was on a morning walk. Dabholkar founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti to campaign against superstition and the caste system. His killing was the first in …

2 Found Guilty In Activist Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case, Get Life In Prison

New Delhi: Two people were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a Pune court for the 2013 murder of activist Narendra Dabholkar. The court acquitted three other accused in the case. Reading out the order in a packed courtroom, Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court) P P Jadhav said that the prosecution had proved the charges of murder and conspiracy against Sachin Andure and Sharad Kalaskar and they have been awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakh. According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andure and Kalaskar had shot Dabholkar. The court acquitted accused ENT surgeon Tawde, Sanjeev Punalekar and Vikram Bhave for want of evidence. Narendra Dabholkar, who headed the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, was shot dead in Pune on August 20, 2013, allegedly by the members of a fringe group. Dabholkar’s murder in Pune had been followed by the shooting of Govind Pansare in February 2015 and MM Kalburgi in Kolhapur in August the same year. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru in September 2017. Pune …