Joost
20-08-2013, 18:09
Renowned rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar shot dead in Pune
(bron)
MUMBAI: Maharashtra's renowned rationalist and anti-superstition activist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, who was putting pressure on the Congress-NCP government in the state, for a law against superstition and black magic, was shot dead on Tuesday morning in Pune. The BJP and other opposition parties in Maharashtra have reacted sharply and demanded an investigation into Dr.Dabholkar's murder.
Dr Dabholkar was on a morning walk when he was attacked by two men near the Omkareshwar Bridge in the heart of Pune city. Both attackers were on a motorcycle. The police said four shots were fired at him at close range, two of which hit him in the back of his head.
The incident has triggered sharp political reactions in the state. BJP demanded an investigation into the this killing. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan expressed grief and announced that top most police officers will be put on the investigation. The killing sparked anger and grief in Mumbai, Pune and Dr.Dabholkar's hometown Satara, 100 km from Pune. Large crowds gathered at his home and took out a protest march. Many locals also kept their shops shut.
Announcing Rs 10 lakh for any information on the murder, the Maharashtra government called it a planned killing and slammed the police for failing to protect the senior activist. Dr Dabholkar's murder comes days after the Maharashtra government assured that it would introduce the anti-superstition Bill.BJP MLA from Pune Girish Bapat expressed shock over the incident and said that this was an indication of deteriorating law and order in Maharashtra under the Congress-NCP rule.
Ander bericht:
http://iheu.org/story/leading-indian-rationalist-assassinated-gunmen
Dr. Dabholkar, a medical doctor, plunged into anti-superstition work in 1983 and built a concrete movement in his home state of Maharashtra. He was founder of the Maharashtra Forum for Elimination of Superstition, Maharashtra Andha Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti, editor of Sadhana magazine devoted to propagation of progressive thought, and had served previously as vice president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA), an Member Organization of IHEU.
Dabholkar’s work over many years confronted and exposed the fraudulent practices of babas and swamis by explaining the science behind so-called miracles, often used to defraud some of the least well-off members of society of their money or possessions. Dabholkar organised teavelling troops of activists travelling all over the state, and campaigned at a political level with great erudition against superstition and so-called ‘black magic’.
(bron)
MUMBAI: Maharashtra's renowned rationalist and anti-superstition activist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar, who was putting pressure on the Congress-NCP government in the state, for a law against superstition and black magic, was shot dead on Tuesday morning in Pune. The BJP and other opposition parties in Maharashtra have reacted sharply and demanded an investigation into Dr.Dabholkar's murder.
Dr Dabholkar was on a morning walk when he was attacked by two men near the Omkareshwar Bridge in the heart of Pune city. Both attackers were on a motorcycle. The police said four shots were fired at him at close range, two of which hit him in the back of his head.
The incident has triggered sharp political reactions in the state. BJP demanded an investigation into the this killing. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan expressed grief and announced that top most police officers will be put on the investigation. The killing sparked anger and grief in Mumbai, Pune and Dr.Dabholkar's hometown Satara, 100 km from Pune. Large crowds gathered at his home and took out a protest march. Many locals also kept their shops shut.
Announcing Rs 10 lakh for any information on the murder, the Maharashtra government called it a planned killing and slammed the police for failing to protect the senior activist. Dr Dabholkar's murder comes days after the Maharashtra government assured that it would introduce the anti-superstition Bill.BJP MLA from Pune Girish Bapat expressed shock over the incident and said that this was an indication of deteriorating law and order in Maharashtra under the Congress-NCP rule.
Ander bericht:
http://iheu.org/story/leading-indian-rationalist-assassinated-gunmen
Dr. Dabholkar, a medical doctor, plunged into anti-superstition work in 1983 and built a concrete movement in his home state of Maharashtra. He was founder of the Maharashtra Forum for Elimination of Superstition, Maharashtra Andha Shraddha Nirmulan Samiti, editor of Sadhana magazine devoted to propagation of progressive thought, and had served previously as vice president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA), an Member Organization of IHEU.
Dabholkar’s work over many years confronted and exposed the fraudulent practices of babas and swamis by explaining the science behind so-called miracles, often used to defraud some of the least well-off members of society of their money or possessions. Dabholkar organised teavelling troops of activists travelling all over the state, and campaigned at a political level with great erudition against superstition and so-called ‘black magic’.