Gauri Lankesh shot dead: It’s organised crime, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, sets up SIT probe
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 IST
The murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was organised crime, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday morning as he set up a special investigation team to probe the murder that triggered nationwide outrage.
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru a day after the 55-year-old editor was murdered in her residence, the chief minister announced police protection for activists “propagating progressive thoughts”.
“It is true it is an organised crime, let police look into it… I cannot say yet if it was a part of a conspiracy,” he was quoted as saying by ANI.
Seven bullets were pumped into Lankesh’s body shortly after 8pm at her residence in Bengaluru’s busy Rajarajeshwari Nagar by an unidentified number of suspects. Lankesh, a known activist and editor, was a fierce critic of the Hindu right-wing and her friends said she received several death threats but didn’t take them seriously. “She met me recently but never spoke about any threats,” the Congress leader was quoted as saying by ANI.
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