Chargesheet filed in Dabholkar case against Sanatan Sanstha activist Virendra Tawde

Pune – Three months after the arrest of Sanatan Sanstha activist Dr Virendra Tawde in connection with murder case of Dr Narendra Dabholkar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a chargesheet against him on Tuesday in Pune court.

The agency also suspect role of Sarang Akolkar and Vinay Pawar, who are absconding, in the murder case.

CBI had arrested Tawde in June from Navi Mumbai.

According to CBI, Dr Tawde was in touch with Sarang Akolkar who is wanted accuse in 2009 Goa blast case. “There were email exchanged between Tawde and Akolkar. One witness has come forward and given statement against Dr Tawde. The witness in his statement recorded under sec 164 has said that Dr Tawde has spoken against Dr Dabholkar in a program in Kolhapur in 2004 and after that as well. A black colour Honda motorcycle was used in Dabholkar murder case and Dr Tawde owns a similar bike”, CBI stated in its report.

CBI also added that Dr Tawde was using three mobile phones which were used for secret communication.

The motive for the murder of Dr. Narendra Dhabholkar was allegedly the long enmity/hatred that existed between two private organisations. Dr. Narendra Dhabholkar was the founder of a Satara (Maharashtra) based organisation and the accused(Doctor) was part of another other private organisation based at Kolhapur (Maharashtra). It was alleged that the accused, an ENT doctor gave up his medical profession in 2001 and began to actively propagate the activities of the said Kolhapur based private organisation through his associates. The activities of persons alleged to be against the interests of the Kohlapur organisation got targeted and Dr.Narendra Dhabholkar was an important target.

Initial investigation revealed that the said doctor had allegedly conspired to the murder of Dr.Narendra Dhabholkar with two other accused persons including an absconder.
Further investigation is continuing to unearth the entire conspiracy and to reveal the identity of all known/unknown accused.

The public is reminded that the above findings are based on the investigation done by CBI and evidence collected by it. Under the Indian Law, the accused are presumed to be innocent till their guilt is finally established after a fair trial.