Gauri Lankesh Murder

It, however, said the trial court shall expeditiously conduct the trial and all the parties shall cooperate

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday directed officials to initiate measures to set up a special court to try the killings of Gauri Lankesh and M M Kalburgi for speedy disposal of the matters. The left-leaning Lankesh, a journalist was killed in September, 2017 here allegedly by the same gang which had shot dead famous litterateur Kalburgi 2 years earlier at his residence in Dharwad. In an administrative note, Siddaramaiah said Gauri's sister Kavitha Lankesh and Kalburgi's wife Umadevi and apprised him about the delay in the hearing of their case. As they demanded that a special court with a full time judge be set up to hear the case, the Chief Minister asked the Additional Chief Secretary dealing with internal administration to look into it for necessary action.

Supreme Court restored charges under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) against one of the accused in the journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case by setting aside the high court order

Lankesh, a left-leaning journalist, was shot dead on September 5, 2017 outside her house

SIT, probing the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed in the district court of Hubballi-Dharwad on Saturday

The court sent Digvekar and Bangera in CBI custody till September 10, while Andure was sent in judicial custody

Apart from the connect established in the killing of Gauri Lankesh and Narendra Dabholkar, a link has also been established with the Nalasopara explosives case

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SIT has summoned Rakesh Math, the Vijayapura district president of fringe right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, for questioning

Naveen was caught by the crime wing of the state police's central crime branch on February 18

Based on certain clues provided by him, the SIT took him into custody for further questioning and investigation

Kumar, who hails from Birur town in Chikmagalur district, about 250km west from here, was booked by the city police on February 19

Suspect hails from Birur town in Chikkamagaluru district

Said, 'We will conduct a thorough probe into her murder and bring the culprits to book if our party is voted to power'

A police officer, who is part of the team, confirmedthat the picture had been extracted from one of the two video clips they had obtained from a CCTV camera

The police didn't confirm if the weapons used in the murder of writer M M Kalburgi and Lankesh were similar

He also added that if there are no proper evidence when we file a charge sheet at the court

The SIT had earlier questioned author and historian Vikram Sampath in connection with Lankesh's killing

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