BENGALURU: Parashuram Waghmore, the 6th guy arrested in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, was once present on the spot when the journalist-activist was once shot lifeless outdoor her space in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September five, 2017, mentioned assets in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the killing.
Declining to substantiate whether or not Waghmore, 26, had pulled the trigger or just accompanied the assassin, the assets mentioned: “We have to substantiate if he was once the shooter or best accompanied the killer. At present, he is making contradictory statements to mislead us.”
“He is underneath intense questioning. But Waghmore is making contradictory statements to different officials. He confessed to one group of interrogators that he was once a part of the group that eradicated Gauri but protested innocence to any other group,” assets added.
Waghmore is from Sindagi the city, Vijayapura district. According to assets, Suresh Kumar, who had sheltered Waghmore and any other guy on different occasions right through August-September, on Wednesday recognized the Sindagi adolescence as the person who had stayed in his room in Sunkadakatte, off Magadi Road.
Suresh Kumar has made a voluntary observation to this effect in front of a Justice of the Peace underneath Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Waghmore’s family and friends, in the meantime, have put up a spirited defence. He was once reportedly an energetic member of the Sri Rama Sene outfit led by way of Pramod Muthalik and was once serious about allegedly hoisting the Pakistani nationwide flag on the mini Vidhana Soudha in Sindagi the city.
A photo of Waghmore with Muthalik went viral on social media on Wednesday, but calls to the Sri Rama Sene chief to ensure it did not elicit any reaction.
Waghmore never went underground: friend
Brushing away stories that Waghmore had long past underground for more than three months since September five, 2017, his childhood friend and fellow accused in the Pakistani flag-hoisting case, Mallanagowda Patil from Sindagi, informed TOI that his friend had been often attending courts in Sindagi and Vijayapura ahead of and after September 2017.
“In January 2012, Sindagi police booked 12 people, together with Waghmore, on charges of hoisting a Pakistani flag on Mini Vidhana Soudha and making an attempt to foment communal violence. The case is being heard on the periods court docket in Vijayapura as well as judicial Justice of the Peace top quality in Sindagi. All people, together with Waghmore, were attending the hearing often. This proves that Waghmore was once never in hiding,” Patil mentioned.
Proceedings of the Viijayapura periods court docket and Sindagi Justice of the Peace court docket accessed on-line by way of the Times of India showed that Waghmore absented himself from the hearing in Sindagi case on August 7, 2017 but was once present on October 17 and 31. He has no longer gave the impression in the Sindagi court docket since December four.
However, Waghmore gave the impression often for hearings in the periods court docket in Vijaypura. He is proven as present right through all hearings of the case from August to December ultimate yr. He was once absent from the court docket right through a hearing each in January and March 2018. The court docket data display he was once present on the hearing on June four, 2018 too.
Declining to substantiate whether or not Waghmore, 26, had pulled the trigger or just accompanied the assassin, the assets mentioned: “We have to substantiate if he was once the shooter or best accompanied the killer. At present, he is making contradictory statements to mislead us.”
“He is underneath intense questioning. But Waghmore is making contradictory statements to different officials. He confessed to one group of interrogators that he was once a part of the group that eradicated Gauri but protested innocence to any other group,” assets added.
Waghmore is from Sindagi the city, Vijayapura district. According to assets, Suresh Kumar, who had sheltered Waghmore and any other guy on different occasions right through August-September, on Wednesday recognized the Sindagi adolescence as the person who had stayed in his room in Sunkadakatte, off Magadi Road.
Suresh Kumar has made a voluntary observation to this effect in front of a Justice of the Peace underneath Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Waghmore’s family and friends, in the meantime, have put up a spirited defence. He was once reportedly an energetic member of the Sri Rama Sene outfit led by way of Pramod Muthalik and was once serious about allegedly hoisting the Pakistani nationwide flag on the mini Vidhana Soudha in Sindagi the city.
A photo of Waghmore with Muthalik went viral on social media on Wednesday, but calls to the Sri Rama Sene chief to ensure it did not elicit any reaction.
Waghmore never went underground: friend
Brushing away stories that Waghmore had long past underground for more than three months since September five, 2017, his childhood friend and fellow accused in the Pakistani flag-hoisting case, Mallanagowda Patil from Sindagi, informed TOI that his friend had been often attending courts in Sindagi and Vijayapura ahead of and after September 2017.
“In January 2012, Sindagi police booked 12 people, together with Waghmore, on charges of hoisting a Pakistani flag on Mini Vidhana Soudha and making an attempt to foment communal violence. The case is being heard on the periods court docket in Vijayapura as well as judicial Justice of the Peace top quality in Sindagi. All people, together with Waghmore, were attending the hearing often. This proves that Waghmore was once never in hiding,” Patil mentioned.
Proceedings of the Viijayapura periods court docket and Sindagi Justice of the Peace court docket accessed on-line by way of the Times of India showed that Waghmore absented himself from the hearing in Sindagi case on August 7, 2017 but was once present on October 17 and 31. He has no longer gave the impression in the Sindagi court docket since December four.
However, Waghmore gave the impression often for hearings in the periods court docket in Vijaypura. He is proven as present right through all hearings of the case from August to December ultimate yr. He was once absent from the court docket right through a hearing each in January and March 2018. The court docket data display he was once present on the hearing on June four, 2018 too.
Gauri Lankesh killed in Waghmore’s presence: SIT
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