The Centre told the Supreme Court on 23 March, Friday that it is not keen on an National Investigative Agency (NIA) probe into the 2015 murder of author and rationalist MM Kalburgi.
The Times of India reported that the Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that NIA is a specialised agency to investigate national and inter-state terrorism cases and is prohibited by NIA Act to probe into murder cases.
Supreme Court asked states of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra to file affidavits in the case, within four weeks, ANI reported.
Earlier on 10 January, the apex court sought the response of NIA and CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) in the murder case after Kalburgi's wife approached the Supreme Court.
Kalburgi, the former Vice Chancellor of Hampi University and a well-known scholar and epigraphist, was shot dead in broad daylight at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad, Karnataka, on 30 August 2015. He was 77 years old.
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