'All police forces should come together to solve these crimes'

Updated On: 31 August, 2015 08:16 AM IST | | Chaitraly Deshmukh

<p>Dr Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare paid for their voices of dissent with their lives; mid-day spoke to their families after the murder of rationalist and scholar M M Kalburgi, yesterday</p>

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M M Kalburgi and Dr Narendra Dabholkar

Famous Kannada writer and former vice-chancellor of Kannada University M M Kalburgi was shot dead in his residence at Dharwad, Karnataka, on Sunday morning by unidentified assailants. The modus operandi was similar to that used by the killers of Dr Narendra Dabh-olkar, who was shot dead on August 20, 2013. On February 16, CPI leader comrade Govind Pansare and his wife were gunned down in Kolhapur; he succumbed to his injuries in Mumbai on February 20, 2015.

M M Kalburgi (above) was shot dead at his residence in Dharwad, Karnataka. Youth Congress members protest his killing in Bangalore. PICS/PTI