SC suggests one agency for probe

The Supreme Court suggested on Tuesday to entrust the task of investigating the murders of social activists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, journalist Gauri Lankesh and rationalist MM Kalburgi to one agency, if there is a “common thread” in all the killings.

A bench of justices UU Lalit and Navin Sinha asked the CBI to inform the court by January first week as to why it should not probe all the four cases. The court was informed by Maharashtra government that CBI was enquiring into the murder cases of Dabholkar after the Bombay High asked the central agency to take over the probe.

The bench was hearing a petition to transfer Kalburgi murder case to CBI. Kalburgi’s widow has moved the top court claiming no substantial investigation has been carried out so far in the case.