Bengaluru: The Criminal Investigation Department of the Karnataka Police was ordered to probe the murder of Professor M.M.Kalburgi. The order was given by state chief minister Siddaramaiah
“We are trying to identify those who shot him dead. CID people will investigate the case, catch culprits & punish them in accordance of law,” Siddaramaiah said.
Kalburgi was shot dead by unknown persons around 8.40 a.m. at his residence in Dharwad on Sunday.
He was rushed to the District Civil Hospital, but was declared dead on arrival by the doctors.
The Kannada scholar was conferred with the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his collection of research articles, titled ‘Marga 4’.
He had also won the State Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pampa Award and the Yakshagana Award.
Born in Yargall village of Sindgi taluk of Bijapur district, Kalburgi’s primary and high school education took place in his village and Sindgi.
He studied B.A from Bijapur while he completed his M.A. in Kannada from the Karnatak University Dharwar in 1962.
He is a noted Kannada epigraphist and a renowned scholar of the Vachana literature.
(With inputs from ANI)