MM Kalburgi’s wife identifies man who shot him, accused is reportedly linked to Gauri Lankesh murder
Bengaluru: The son of Kannada writer MM Kalburgi on Wednesday said that his mother has identified one of the accused involved in the murder of the rationalist in a test identification parade, The Indian Express reported. Kalburgi, a Kendriya Sahitya Akademi awardee and anti-superstition activist, was shot dead at his home in Dharwad district in Karnataka on August 30, 2015.
“She identified the culprit in the identification parade today,” Shreevijay Kalburgi told The Indian Express. “The name of the person who was identified was not disclosed to us.”
However, reports said that the man identified by Kalburgi’s wife Umadevi Kalburgi is also the one involved in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Lankesh was killed outside her home in Bengaluru in September 2017.
“The SIT will soon submit the charge sheet in the Kalburgi case,” an unidentified official told The New Indian Express.
A forensic report submitted by the investigators to a Bengaluru court earlier had said the same gun was used to kill both Kalburgi and Lankesh. Umadevi Kalburgi had also claimed that the same people behind the murders of activists Govind Pansare on February 16, 2015, in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, and the killing of Narendra Dabholkar on August 20, 2013, in Pune had killed her husband.
In March, the Supreme Court had directed that the murder case of Kalburgi be transferred to the same special investigation team that is looking into Lankesh’s killing. In February, the Supreme Court had noted that the murders of Kalburgi, Lankesh, Dabholkar and Pansare were part of a “very serious case”. However, Lankesh’s sister Kavitha Lankesh had challenged the suggestion to club the investigations.
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Belagavi businessman loses Rs 15.4 crore in digital arrest scam; money siphoned off over six weeks
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Belagavi: An 81-year-old businessman from Belagavi was allegedly cheated of nearly Rs 15.45 crore in a digital arrest scam that continued for almost six weeks, The Hindu reported on Saturday.
The victim has been identified as Ajit Gopalkrishna Saraf. According to a complaint filed by his son, Saraf received a call on February 5 from a person claiming to be a CBI officer, who accused him of being involved in a financial scandal.
The caller, who identified himself as K. Siva Subramanyam, allegedly produced fake documents purportedly issued by the CBI and the RBI vigilance cell, and claimed that Saraf had dealings with Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways and was involved in money laundering.
In the following days, another person, posing as George Mathew from the RBI vigilance wing, joined the calls. They allegedly asked Saraf to provide details of his fixed deposits and stock market investments, and allegedly forced him to liquidate his FDs and investments held with Motilal Oswal.
Fearing arrest, Saraf reportedly did not inform his family and transferred all the money under his control to accounts specified by the fraudsters. Police said the victim had not come out of his room for days.
The fraud came to light only when his son visited him during the Ugadi holidays.
A case has been registered at the Belagavi Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) Police Station, and officials said the investigation is likely to be transferred to the CID.
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