The CBI arrested the defence lawyer of the accused in Dr Narendra Dabholkar's murder case, over the weekend. The lawyer had allegedly advised the accused to dismantle and destroy four country-made pistols used in the crime.

Dr Dabholkar was gunned down on August 20, 2013 around 7.20 am by two people on a motorcycle by firing four rounds at him on the Omkareshwar Bridge in Pune. The CBI had earlier arrested Panvel-based ENT specialist Dr Virendrasinh Tawde as the mastermind behind the murder and after 36 months of probe, Aurangabad-based Sachin Andure, 26, was arrested. Andure is suspected of being one of the shooters, along with Sharad Kalaskar. Amit Ramchandra Digwekar, 33, and Ramesh D Bangera were arrested subsequently for planning and providing weapon training respectively.