Dr Narendra Dabholkar was shot in Pune on August 20, 2013. Dr Narendra Dabholkar was shot in Pune on August 20, 2013.

THE CENTRAL Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, has filed an application before a magistrate court in Pune seeking nod for a polygraph test of two Sanatan Sanstha workers, Hemant Shinde and Nilesh Shinde, saying the duo have agreed for the same.

Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths had shot Dabholkar dead on August 20, 2013 while he was on a morning walk, around 7.15 am, on the Omkareshwar bridge, near the Balgandharva auditorium, in Pune.

An offence in this case has been registered at the Deccan police station. The case was transferred to the CBI later. As per the application fired by CBI before the magistrate court, it is looking into the role of Hemant Shinde, resident of Shivaji Nagar and Nilesh Shinde, resident of Mangalwar Peth.

“Both were found deceptive in their Forensic Psychology Assessment and Forensic Statement Analysis,” it is stated in the application. The CBI now wants to conduct polygraph test on the duo. The CBI told the court that the duo have shown their consent for the test to be conducted at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory unit in Belapur, Navi Mumbai.

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