Narendra Dabholkar

However, the probe agencies have not been able to establish the group's link with the killing of rationalist and communist leader Govind Pansare.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested three people in connection with the Narendra Dabholkar murder case in Aurangabad, Mharashtra.

Sachin Prakasrao Andure is believed to be one of the shooters who fired at rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013, a CBI spokesperson said

The bench observed that one was witnessing a "tragic phase" in the country where one could not even speak or move around freely, and yet, the authorities in the above cases had failed to show urgency, or make concrete progress, in probing the killings.

Kalburgi's wife claimed in her plea that there was a similarity in pattern in murders of her husband, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar.

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