Former Shiv Sena corporator arrested in Dabholkar murder case

A former Shiv Sena corporator has been arrested for allegedly being involved in the murder of anti-superstition activist and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. The ex-corporator was arrested from Maharashtra’s Jalna district. The second assailant has been identified as Shrikant Pangarkar, former Shiv Sena corporator from Jalna district. He was arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) after being questioned for several hours regarding the explosives and arms seized from various parts of Maharashtra.

Pangarkar was detained on Saturday night after CBI interrogated, the alleged main assailant in the Dabholkar murder case. Andure, a resident of Aurangabad in Central Maharashtra, was arrested in Pune. Pangarkar, aged around 40, was taken into custody after Andure told the CBI that he was with him at the time of Dabholkar’s murder, the sources said. The former corporator was allegedly riding pillion on the motorcycle driven by Andure, they said.

Social activist Narendra Dabholkar 67, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants on August 20, 2013, when he was on a morning walk near his home in Pune. He had received Andure, works as a salesman in a garment shop in the Nirala Bazaar area of Aurangabad, and is believed to be one of the shooters who fired at Dabholkar, the CBI spokesperson had said on Saturday. He was arrested on a tip-off from the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which had last week arrested three people for allegedly conspiring terror attacks across the state. One of the arrested accused gave the input about Andure’s involvement in Dabholkar’s murder, which the ATS shared with the CBI, the spokesperson said. The murder case was transferred to the CBI from the Pune Police in 2014.

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