NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed over probe in the murder of rationalist M M Kalburgi to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is probing Gauri Lankesh murder case.
A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said there were similarities in two murder cases and the probe should be done by way of a single company. The courtroom additionally said the probe would be monitored by way of the Karnataka HC. The courtroom handed the order on a plea of Kalburgi's spouse Umadevi Mallinath Kalburgi who approached the courtroom alleging that the state police (CID) used to be now not probing the case correctly and sought a court-monitored SIT probe .
Former vice-chancellor of Hampi University, Prof M M Kalburgi (77) used to be shot lifeless in August 2013 at his Bengaluru place of dwelling in broad sunlight. Umadevi said in her petition that the murder "left every right-minded person in the society shell-shocked" and should now not go unpunished.
She alleged that there used to be a link between the murder of her husband and that of activists Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Govindrao Pansare and journalist Gauri Lankesh. Questioning the ongoing probe by way of the state police, she pleaded that the investigation be handed over to a special crew.
"Every offence is a crime against the society and is unpardonable, yet there are some species of ghastly, revolting and villainous violations of the invaluable right to life which leave all sensible and right -minded persons of the society shell-shocked and traumatised in the body and soul," she said.
An afternoon after 55-year outdated Lankesh used to be shot lifeless at shut range by way of unknown assailants at her house on September 5, 2017, the state government had formed SIT to probe her murder.
After the Karnataka police in its status file said there gave the impression to be an "intimate connection" between the murders of Kalburgi and Lankesh, the apex courtroom directed that both the cases be probed by way of SIT.
A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Vineet Saran said there were similarities in two murder cases and the probe should be done by way of a single company. The courtroom additionally said the probe would be monitored by way of the Karnataka HC. The courtroom handed the order on a plea of Kalburgi's spouse Umadevi Mallinath Kalburgi who approached the courtroom alleging that the state police (CID) used to be now not probing the case correctly and sought a court-monitored SIT probe .
Former vice-chancellor of Hampi University, Prof M M Kalburgi (77) used to be shot lifeless in August 2013 at his Bengaluru place of dwelling in broad sunlight. Umadevi said in her petition that the murder "left every right-minded person in the society shell-shocked" and should now not go unpunished.
She alleged that there used to be a link between the murder of her husband and that of activists Narendra Achyut Dabholkar, Govindrao Pansare and journalist Gauri Lankesh. Questioning the ongoing probe by way of the state police, she pleaded that the investigation be handed over to a special crew.
"Every offence is a crime against the society and is unpardonable, yet there are some species of ghastly, revolting and villainous violations of the invaluable right to life which leave all sensible and right -minded persons of the society shell-shocked and traumatised in the body and soul," she said.
An afternoon after 55-year outdated Lankesh used to be shot lifeless at shut range by way of unknown assailants at her house on September 5, 2017, the state government had formed SIT to probe her murder.
After the Karnataka police in its status file said there gave the impression to be an "intimate connection" between the murders of Kalburgi and Lankesh, the apex courtroom directed that both the cases be probed by way of SIT.
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