The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested two more accused in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case. The accused have been identified as Sanjeev Punalekar, a legal adviser of Sanatan Sanstha, and Vikram Bhave. Both allegedly have links with arrested accused.

A CBI officer told mid-day, "Punalekar had allegedly asked the accused to destroy the arms which was used in the murder." One of the accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case has also told the Karnataka Special Investigation Team (SIT) that he was asked to destroy the guns used in the murders of other rationalists by Punalekar.