PUNE: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday night arrested
Amol Kale (37) on charges of conspiring, supplying a pistol and a motorcycle to the two shooters in the murder of
rationalist Narendra Dabholkar
.
Amol Kale, main accused of Gauri Lankesh Murder case and mastermind of Narendra Dabholkar Killing.CBI secured custody of Kale, one of the conspirators in the
murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh
from Bengaluru central prison. He was flown to Mumbai from Bengaluru. He was produced before a magisterial court here amid tight security for seeking in custodial remand. Kale will remain in CBI custody till September 14. Kale is the second main conspirator after ENT doctor Virendrasinh Tawde who was earlier arrested by the CBI. Kale and others had successfully executed the murder of Dabholkar following which he was given the responsibility to conspire the murder of Lankesh in Karnataka.
Dabholkar was shot dead on Vitthal Ramji Shinde bridge on August 20, 2013.
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Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, P...
Read MoreAsseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.
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