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Dabholkar murder: Tawde’s CBI custody extended till June 20

 Tawde, arrested by the CBI from Panvel in Navi Mumbai last week in connection with the murder of the 67-year-old anti-superstition crusader, was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class VB Gulve-Patil on the expiry of his earlier remand.

CBI lawyer BP Raju sought further custodial interrogation of the accused, saying that he was not cooperating with the investigating agency. Subsequently, the court extended his CBI custody till June 20. Tawde, an ENT surgeon, is a activist of the Sanatan Sanstha which has come under the scanner for the murders of Dabholkar, communist leader Govind Pansare and rationalist MM Kalburgi.

He is the first accused to be held in the nearly three-year-old case. Dabholkar was shot dead by two unidentified men while he was on a morning walk on Omkareshwar Bridge here on August 20, 2013.
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