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Ex. IB officer R.N. Kulkarni’s death shrouded in a mystery


S.M Mushrif is former Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra.

His comment:

"R.N. Kulkarni, Ex. IB officer, who worked in IB for 35 years was killed purportedly in a motor accident on 4 Nov. 2022 in Mysore. Mr. Kulkarni was on an evening walk. Seeing a speeding car approaching him, he stepped aside and avoided the car. But the car came back and gave him a heavy knock, tossing him in the air and he was killed. The car was without a number-plate "

"Initially, it was reported that it could be a hadiwork of Jihadis, as he had written a book “Fact of Terrorism in India.” But soon this theory was changed and OpIndia publicized a different story. It was reported that Mr. Kulkarni had a serious dispute with his neighbour over an illegal construction and the latter’s goons had been following him for quite some time. As the neighbour was thus, seriously suspected, he and his two sons were arrested by the police. The police commissioner, however, clarified that the police have been exploring all possible angles."

"In fact, Mr. R.N. Kulkarni had a stiff and long standing animosity with the IB. He had written a book ‘Sin of National Conscience’ criticizing the working of the intelligence agency. He had also filed a petition in Karnataka High Court, Bangalore (PIL Civil No. 16075/2011) seeking clarification about IB’s legal status. But that was dismissed and he filed a Special Leave petition in the Supreme Court. That was also dismissed and ultimately he filed a review petition which was also eventually dismissed on 12 July 2016 by the bench comprising J. Dipak Mishra and J. Shiva Kirti Singh. But it appears he had not given up and had been staking the IB."

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