Decade after Pansare murder, kin await justice

Ten years after Govind Pansare's assassination, his family seeks justice as investigations remain incomplete and the masterminds untraced.

Ten years ago, on February 16, 2015, writer and trade union activist Govind Pansare and his wife Uma were walking back from their breakfast at a local shop near their Kolhapur home when two bike-borne men overtook them and opened fire at the couple. Pansare died of his injuries four days later at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital while his wife was left partially paralysed.

Decade after Pansare murder, kin await justice

Pansare’s death followed the assassination of fellow rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune on August 20, 2013,