The Pune Sessions court on Saturday remanded Rajesh Digavekar and Amit Bhangera, suspects in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, into Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for 10 days in connection with the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.
The CBI produced Digavekar, 38, and Bhangera, 50, to court. They are both currently in the Bengaluru prison for journalist Gauri Lankesh’s murder. The agency said Bhangera helped another accused, Sachin Andhure, currently in CBI custody, to conduct a recce of Dabholkar’s house, and that Digavekar imparted fire arms training to the shooters.
The prosecution said they had conspired to kill Dabholkar and sought their police custody for 10 days. The defence said the allegations were vague and that their names were not mentioned in the charge-sheet filed by the CBI in Dabholkar murder.
