'Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh murder cases will be taken to their

: Karnataka Home Minister M BPatil Wednesday said the state police have workedefficiently in the murder cases of noted rationalist M MKalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh and would take bothcases to their logical end.

Patil, who took over as home minister after the recent ministry reshuffle, said that he did not wish to go into the details concerning both cases, stating that he was yet to gather inputs on them.

"Gauri Lankesh case, we can say proudly that our SIT (Special Investigation Team) has worked efficiently and made a breakthrough.

There are instances where even the CBI has not got any breakthrough insuch cases even after four, four-and-half years...They (SIT)have already filed a charge sheet. It (probe) is almost in the finalstages," Patil said.

In the Kalburgi case, the CID has made good progress, he said, adding "we are satisfied with SIT and CID...the department has worked efficiently and will take boththese cases to their logical end."