A special team of the Maharashtra police Tuesday arrested right-wing activist Sharad Kalaskar in connection with the killing of veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare, an official said. Last year, his statement was recorded in the 2015 Pansare murder case by the SIT as a witness. AdvertisingKalaskar’s name had also figured in the September 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh in which he was subsequently arrested, the official said. In the Pansare case, Kalaskar allegedly dismantled the weapons used in the crime, he said. During the investigation, the CID SIT found Kalaskar’s role in the assassination of Pansare and accordingly he was arrested, the official said.

Source: Indian Express June 11, 2019 13:18 UTC