Alleged key shooter in Narendra Dabholkar murder case arrested: Report

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday confirmed the reports of an arrest of an alleged key shooting in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar's murder case, news agency PTI reported.

The arrest of Sachin Praskasrao Andurewas made by the central probe agency from Maharashtra's Aurangabad.

He is believed to be one of the shooters who fired at Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013, in broad daylight, the officials said.

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The arrest comes few days ahead of the fifth death anniversary of Dabholkar, who was murdered by unknown bike-borne assailants from point-blank range on August 20, 2013, in Pune, while he was returning home from a morning walk.

The Bombay High Court on August 2 had pulled up Maharashtra`s Special Investigation Agency (SIT) and CBI probing the case.

The court cracked a whip on the investigative agencies directing them to adopt the same degree of seriousness and promptness like Karnataka Police which is probing the Gauri Lankesh murder case.

"Is there a lack of coordination, or are the authorities before us restricting their probe to merely pursuing mobile phone records," the court had said.

Following a demand by members of Dabholkar`s family, the case was handed over to the CBI for investigation. On a related note, the Karnataka police while probing the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh found out that suspects in Lankesh`s murder had links with the conspirators in the murders of Dabholkar, Karburgi and Pansare.

(With inputs from agencies)