Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis order SIT probe into Journalist Shashikant Warishe's murder in Ratnagiri

Maharashtra state deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a senior officer to probe case of Journalist Shashikant Warishe who was murdered in Ratnagiri.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut wrote letter to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis requesting a probe into the murder of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Ratnagiri.

In a rally on 4 Feb, you said refinery will take place in Nanar, will see who stops it. Next day, Warishe was killed. Is it coincidence?, asks Sanjay Raut.

Warishe (48) was mowed down by an SUV allegedly driven by land dealer Pandharinath Amberkar on Monday. He died in hospital the next day. Marathi journalist, Shashikant Warishe was killed in a road accident, hours after his against the proposed Nanar refinery in Ratnagiri was published following the arrest of an office-bearer of a group backing the refinery was arrested.

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis has ordered to constitute a Special Investigation Team headed by a senior officer to probe case of Journalist Shashikant Warise who was murdered in Ratnagiri: Maharashtra Deputy CM office

— ANI (@ANI) February 11, 2023