New Delhi, Sept. 7 (PTI): The Central Bureau of Investigation has charged Hindu Janajagruti Samiti member Virendrasing Tawde with criminal conspiracy and murder in connection with the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013. The Samiti is allegedly linked with Sanatan Sanstha, which had come under the scanner for the murder of another rationalist, Govind Pansare, in February 2015. CBI sources said the charge sheet was filed against Tawde under the sections of 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code among other charges. The Bombay High Court in May 2014 had handed over the matter to the CBI to probe the murder of Dabholkar, an anti-superstition activist, on August 20, 2013. The agency had arrested Tawde in June this year.

Source: The Telegraph September 07, 2016 10:41 UTC