NIA refuses to probe Dabholkar’s murder
16 Oct 2013 1:36 AM GMT
Dabholkar, who spearheaded anti-superstition movement, was shot dead on 20 August by unidentified assailants in Pune.
NIA counsel FR Shaikh informed a bench headed by Justice PV Hardas that 220 policemen were engaged in investigating the murder of Dabholkar and statements of 600 witnesses had already been recorded in this case.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by ex-scribe Ketan Tirodkar seeking probe by a Central agency into Dabholkar’s murder.
An affidavit, filed by Suhas Warke, Superintendent, NIA, said prima facie it was a case of murder which fell under IPC and was being probed by police. Under the NIA Act, the agency can probe only scheduled offences such as those falling under UAPA.
NIA counsel FR Shaikh informed a bench headed by Justice PV Hardas that 220 policemen were engaged in investigating the murder of Dabholkar and statements of 600 witnesses had already been recorded in this case.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by ex-scribe Ketan Tirodkar seeking probe by a Central agency into Dabholkar’s murder.
An affidavit, filed by Suhas Warke, Superintendent, NIA, said prima facie it was a case of murder which fell under IPC and was being probed by police. Under the NIA Act, the agency can probe only scheduled offences such as those falling under UAPA.
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