Updated March 6th, 2018 at 03:29 IST
Brutal murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh
Senior journalist and left-wing activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her Raja Rajeshwari Nagar residence in Bengaluru on Tuesday. According to reports, she was shot at by unidentified men at around 8:30 p.m.
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Senior Karnataka journalist Gauri Lankesh was murdered on Tuesday evening at her Raja Rajeshwari Nagar residence. According to reports, at around 6.30 pm, unidentified men shot at Gauri and wounded her fatally before escaping from the scene.
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According to initial reports, the assailants knocked on her door and shot her dead
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According to reports, seven bullets were fired in all. Four bullets missed, and three hit her.
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- DCP West examines the area
- Family and friends were not allowed to enter her house.
- Police remove her body from the house.
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- CM to conduct a meeting with journalists.
- Fingerprint experts check the car still parked outside her house
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Body taken via ambulance to Victoria Hospital
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Body reaches Victoria Hospital
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CM Siddharamiah addresses the media; says that police has formed three teams and a probe has been initiated.
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On being questioned about #GauriLankeshMurder, Bengaluru Police Commissioner said, "no personal information of any threat, will be examining it."
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"Why do I feel that some of 'us' are fighting between ourselves?" said Gauri Lankesh in her last few tweets
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READ: Gauri Lankesh, Journalist and Activist, shot dead
Noted journalist and left-wing activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her Raja Rajeshwari Nagar residence in Bengaluru on Tuesday. According to reports, she was shot at by unidentified men at around 6.30 pm. Seven bullets were fired in all.
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- Police examining CCTV footage
- Neighbours heard gunshots at 8 p.m.
- Gauri was followed by unknown men
- Gauri's body has been taken to Victoria Hospital
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"We're looking at all angles": Bengaluru police commissioner
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"Please investigate as soon as possible and catch the murderers", says Indrajeet Lankesh, Gauri Lankesh's brother
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"Shocked to hear the murder of #GowriLankesh strongly condemn this inhuman barbaric murder. Law &Order in the state has compleately collapsed"
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Rahul Gandhi also took to Twitter to express his condolences. "The truth will never be silenced. Gauri Lankesh lives on in our hearts. My condolences &love to her family. The culprits have to be punished."
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"As the President of the Press Club of India, I think that it is a sad day for democracy and freedom of press. A journalist who exposed the wrong doing of the country was shot dead. It is difficult to accept this as a journalist," he was quoted as saying by ANI.
"I think all the journalists would come together and protest, and demand the arrest of the culprit," he added.
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Peaceful marches organised across India
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In a series of tweets, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Wednesday wrote "Gauri Lankesh was afraid of no one. Who was afraid of Gauri Lankesh?"
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Police recover CCTV footage of the incident
CCTV Footage Details: Assailants wore helmets and shot at Gauri from a distance of 3-5ft.
Family to cops: Gauri was followed by two men on Sunday
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Sources to Republic TV: Assailants turned off street lights outside Gauri Lankesh's residence
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"Special team has been set up to investigate the murder."
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READ: Gauri Lankesh: The Silenced Voice
Gauri Lankesh known as a fearless and outspoken journalist was shot dead by two bike borne men on Tuesday. Born in the year 1962, she was a journalist turned activist from Bengaluru. Her father was a famous poet-journalist who started the Kannada language weekly tabloid Lankesh Patrike. Taking after her father Gauri was a firebrand.
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READ: Gauri Lankesh Murder: Rahul Gandhi makes it political
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi politicised the death of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh on Wednesday and said that anybody who speaks against the philosophy of BJP and RSS is pressured.
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Home Minister asks Home Secretary to seek report from State in Gauri Lankesh murder
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CM Siddharamiah arrives at Kala Kshetra
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Details of 13 seconds of critical CCTV footage accessed in Republic TV-Suvarna News exclusive
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- BJP demands CBI probe into the murder
- Karnataka HM hints at Maoists angle
- Gauri Lankesh to be cremated with state honours
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19 officials to be a part of Special Investigation team to probe the death of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. The team will be headed by IGP Intelligence BK Singh.
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Published September 7th, 2017 at 11:26 IST