Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah has ordered a CID probe into the murder of Kannada thinker and scholar MM Kalburgi.
"We have decided to hand over the case to CID.... This incident should not have happened. It is highly condemnable," Siddaramiah said. Kalaburgi was shot dead on Sunday in Dharwad in Karnataka by bike borne assailants.
77-year-old Kalburgi was an associate of rationalist Govind Pansare of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, who also fell victim in similar circumstances in February, and had drawn the ire of some right-wing Hindu outfits like VHP and Bajrang Dal with his remarks about idol worship by Hindus.
He had often spoken against superstitions and courted controversies with his outspoken stand.
Meanwhile, Bajrang Dal leader Bhuvith Shetty who had tweeted welcoming Kalburgi's murder and spoke of tageting writer KS Bhagwan next has been booked for criminal indtimidation and promoting enemity.
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