In the third sensational murder of an ideologue in Maharashtra after that of Dr Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare, noted writer and intellectual Prof Krishna Rambhau Kirwale was stabbed to death on Friday at his MAHDA colony residence at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra.
The incident took place at 4 pm. A few unidentified persons stabbed Prof Kirwale brutally to death at his residence. The details and motive behind the murder were not immediately known.
A noted figure in the Ambedkar movement in Maharashtra, Prof Kirwale was the head of the Marathi department in Shivaji University, Kolhapur and was also the director of the University's Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research and Development Centre. He had retired from his University post a few months ago.
An author of several books and research papers, Prof Kirwale was an authority on late Dr B R Ambedkar and his writings. He was also involved in the publication of a dictionary on Dalit and rural literature, brought out by the Maharashtra Government.