Dr Virendrasinh Tawde and Sachin Andure

Kolhapur conspiracy meeting

Forensic Psychological Assessment

Central Forensic Science Laboratory

Maharashtra Human Rights Commission

A few weeks prior to Narendra Dabholkar’s killing in August 2013 in Pune, his name, along with those of a few ‘writers’ from Jalna and Kolhapur, for the first time featured in the list of ‘targets’ drawn up during a meeting held in Kolhapur that was attended by the two accused,, according to CBI sources. The CBI is trying to establish the identities of six other persons who were also part of that meeting, said agency sources.Andure, who is one of the two alleged shooters in the case, the other being Sharad Kalaskar, allegedly divulged the details on the, in which he for the first time heard of Dabholkar as a target, ostensibly due to his views that were considered “anti-Hindu”. Andure’s revelations are part of CBI’s supplementary chargesheet submitted to a Pune court. Andure made the alleged revelations during histest done by, Navi Mumbai. “In that meeting, Tawde and other 5-6 persons were present. He (Andure) told that all were talking in Hindi including Tawde,” according to the report of the Forensic Psychological Assessment.Andure revealed that the alleged “purpose of the meeting was to discuss Dr Dabholkar, (and) persons who are writers from Jalna and Kolhapur”. “The work of tracking the activities of Dabholkar was assigned to him (Andure)” while the work of conducting surveillance on the “writers” was assigned to other persons present in the meeting” according to Andure, as per the document. As directed by Tawde, Andure later travelled to Pune where a person gave him details on Dabholkar and his routine, showed him the latter’s morning-walk route and also showed him the surrounding roads, according to the CBI document.According to Andure, Tawde allegedly sent him to Pune again to collect additional details. Andure however allegedly tried to opt out of the assignment, citing lack of “confidence and practice”, after which Tawde conducted a fresh round of practice with pistols in Aurangabad for both Andure and Kalaskar. The alleged shooters were again sent to Pune in August 2013 where they allegedly conducted another round of surveillance of the target (Dabholkar), the proposed site of crime and the escape route. A case accused, Amol Kale, also allegedly gave Rs 11,000 for expenses to him, according to Andure’s revelations to the CBI.Advocate Dharmaraj Chandel, who represents all the accused in the case, rejected CBI’s allegations against Andure, Kalaskar, Kale, and Tawde. He told Mumbai Mirror, “CBI had used coercion and threats to get Sachin Andure to make the allegations. Last month, Andure had complained to theagainst CBI’s conduct.”