PTI, PUNE: The CBI, which is probing rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder case, today told a court here that it would be taking custody of three men arrested by Karnataka police in the Gauri Lankesh murder case.
The CBI had earlier said there was a link between the accused in the two cases.
The Pune court today extended till September 1 the police custody of Sachin Andure, one of the alleged shooters who killed Dabholkar.
The Central Bureau of Investigation told the court that it wants to interrogate Andure and Sharad Kalaskar, the alleged second shooter, together.
Kalaskar was arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) earlier this month in an explosives seizure case.
As Kalaskar is in ATS’s custody till September 3, the CBI wants to take Andure to ATS’s office where both can be questioned together, said CBI lawyer Vijay Kumar Dhakne, seeking extension of custody.
