Narendra Dabholkar homicide case: Eye-witness identifies two shooters

By PTI

PUNE: An eye-witness within the Narendra Dabholkar homicide case on Saturday recognized alleged shooters Sharad Kalaskar and Sachin Andure in a Pune court docket that’s overseeing the trial, an official mentioned.

Public Prosecutor Prakash Suryavanshi mentioned Kiran Kamble (46), who works as a sweeper within the Pune Municipal Corporation, recognized Kalaskar and Andure in court docket.

“After finishing his work, he (Kamble) was sitting on a divider, when he heard a sound like a firecracker burst. When he saw in the direction from where the sound emanated, he saw two people shooting a person,” the PP mentioned.

“These two people started running in the direction where he (Kamble) was sitting. They reached near the police chowky where they had parked their motorcycle, kickstarted it and fled from the spot. Then he (Kamble) reached the spot and saw a person lying in a pool of blood,” he added.

Suryavanshi mentioned, throughout cross examination, Kamble was requested in regards to the delay in police assertion.

Cross examination will proceed on March 23, he added.

Dabholkar, a famend rationalist and anti-superstition activist, was shot lifeless on August 20, 2013 in Pune.