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Relatives of Dabholkar case suspect grilled

A team of CBI officials, along with Maharashtra police, has been ... Read More
KOLHAPUR: A team of CBI officials, along with the state police, has been camping in

Karajanagi

village of Jat taluka of Sangli district for the last 8-10 days and has been questioning people in the village and adjoining areas
Goa blast accused Rudra Patil, who is also a suspect in the Narendra

Dabholkar

murder case, belongs to Karajanagi. According to sources, the CBI and local police questioned Patil’s relatives, who are associated with the Sanatan Sanstha, over the last four days.
Though Sangli and Kolhapur police claim to have no knowledge of the CBI presence, sources in the police department confirmed that the agency’s team has been camping there. Patil’s family holds 100-odd acres of farmland in Karajanagi, much of it rain-fed. CBI officials are looking for places where Dabholkar’s shooters were allegedly trained. There are reports with the CBI that the shooters were trained in Jat. According to local officers, Karajanagi, about 11km from Jat, is suitable for such training. “Patil’s family has been living in the village for years. They have a home in the farm. However, they have not been in contact with outsiders since Patil’s name cropped up in the Goa blast. A team of four CBI officials arrived here some 8-10 days ago. The officials are rotated after around four days. The team has not left since the arrest of Virendrasinh Tawade,” police said.
The CBI team, instead of using the Sangli-Kolhapur route to reach the village, preferred coming from adjoining Karnataka to avoid media attention, sources said. They are travelling in a couple of vehicles bearing Karnataka registration, the sources added.
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