Maharashtra: Kolhapur Police arrests Dalit writer Krishna Kirwale's murderer

A day after Dalit writer and thinker Dr. Krishna Kirwale was found murdered at his own residence in the Mhada colony at Rajendra Nagar in Kolhapur, the Rajarampuri police station on Saturday afternoon arrested two suspects in the case. It has also been revealed that Kirwale was murdered over a property-related motive.

The accused, Pritam Patil and his mother have been arrested by the police on Saturday.

According to police, Kirwale was selling his house to the accused Pritam Patil in a deal had been struck. Kirwale wanted to increase the price of the house, but Patil did not agree to increase it above the decided amount, the police said. However, with Kirwale firm on the price, Patil was asking for the advance he had paid to be returned to him. Kirwale and Patil had heated arguments on this several times, the police claimed.

"We have arrested Patil and his mother and it has been revealed during the investigation that Kirwale was murdered due to the property issue. Our investigation is on, and within another 24-48 hours, the whole sequence of events will be clear, " said  MB Tambade, Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur 

A case of murder has been registered at the Rajarampuri Police Station.

Kirwale was a professor and head of the Marathi Department at the Shivaji Vidyapeeth in Kolhapur, and had retired recently. He was found dead, lying in a pool of blood in his bedroom, by his wife.