Man taken into custody in Gauri Lankesh murder case
Bengaluru, Mar 3 (IBNS): The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last year has taken into custody a man who was possessing firearms.
The 37-year-old man identified as KT Naveen Kumar was taken in custody of SIT almost two weeks since his arrest for possessing a pistol and live bullets, media reports quoting police said.
The man hailed from Mandya district in Karnataka. He is being interrogated, police said.
Though Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy in November last had said that the identities of the killers of Gauri Lankesh will be revealed soon, in past few months there were no news of any breakthrough.
The Karnataka Government had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the murder of Gauri Lankesh in Sept last year.
Lankesh, 55, a popular journalist known for her opposition to Right-wing ideology, was shot three times by some unknown assailants outside her residence on Sept 5 last year.
She was the editor of Lankesh Patrike, a weekly newspaper.
Her murder bears a resemblance with earlier murders of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and MM Kalburgi.
Gauri Lankesh's murder had sparked country-wide protests.
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