Two years on, Gauri Lankesh murder case awaits justice
5 years, 4 months ago

Two years on, Gauri Lankesh murder case awaits justice

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Thursday marks the second anniversary of the fateful night when bike-borne assailants killed activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh outside her home in Bengaluru. Lankesh, a progressive activist and editor of Kannada tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike, was shot down by two assailants, part of an alleged larger conspiracy to take out anti-Hindutva voices, outside her home in Raja Rajeshwari Nagar on 5 September, 2017. “Gauri will not get justice by putting some people in jail,” Kanhaiya Kumar, the Communist Party of India candidate from Begusarai in the Lok Sabha elections and close aide of the slain activist said on Thursday in Bengaluru. “We hope that the trial goes faster and sister gets justice,” Kavita Lankesh, Gauri’s sister said.

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Court grants bail to last accused in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
4 days, 7 hours ago

Court grants bail to last accused in Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

Deccan Chronicle  

A Bengaluru court has granted bail to Sharad Bhausaheb Kalaskar, the final accused still in custody in the high-profile Gauri Lankesh murder case. Gauri Lankesh’s Murder: A National Tragedy The murder of Gauri Lankesh, a fearless journalist and activist, on September 5, 2017, sent shockwaves throughout India. Investigation and Legal Delays Kalaskar’s bail comes amid an ongoing investigation led by …

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Bail Granted To Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Bail Granted To Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on August 21 dismissed a special leave petition seeking cancellation of bail of Mohan Nayak N, an accused in the murder case of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh.On September 5, 2017, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her residence in south Bengaluru. The Supreme Court on August 21 dismissed a special leave petition seeking cancellation …

Court denies bail to Gauri Lankesh murder case accused
10 months ago

Court denies bail to Gauri Lankesh murder case accused

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Noting that the facts and circumstances of the case involving the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh indicate that the delay in ending the trial cannot be the reason for extending the benefit of bail, the Principal City Civil and Sessions Court declined to grant bail to Sujith Kumar alias Sujith SR, 37, who is accused No 13 in the …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea To Cancel Bail Of Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
1 year ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In Plea To Cancel Bail Of Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

Live Law  

In a recent development, Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma of the Supreme Court issued notice in a plea challenging grant of bail to an accused in journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder case.The petition, moved by Lankesh's younger sister Kavita Lankesh, seeks cancellation of the bail granted to Mohan Nayak, who is alleged to have been a part of the …

Gauri Lankesh murder accused Mohan Nayak gets bail after delay in trial
1 year, 1 month ago

Gauri Lankesh murder accused Mohan Nayak gets bail after delay in trial

Hindustan Times  

Noted journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder accused, Mohan Nayak, was released out on bail by the Karnataka High Court on Friday. This comes days after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah instructed authorities to set up a special court to try the killings of both Lankesh and famous litterateur M M Kalburgi. READ | Siddaramaiah directs steps to set up special court to …

Gauri Lankesh Murder Case: Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Accused
1 year, 1 month ago

Gauri Lankesh Murder Case: Karnataka HC Grants Bail To Accused

ABP News  

One of the accused in the case involving the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh has been granted bail by Karnataka High Court. "In the present case, out of 527 charge sheet witnesses, only 90 witnesses have been examined. There are more than 400 charge sheet witnesses who are yet to be examined in the case," the court said, as per …

Accused in Gauri Lankesh case gets bail after 5 years. Here is why
1 year, 1 month ago

Accused in Gauri Lankesh case gets bail after 5 years. Here is why

Op India  

On Thursday, the Karnataka High Court granted bail to one Mohan Nayak, who has been in custody for 5 years in connection to the Gauri Lankesh murder case. It must be noted that the Karnataka High Court in 2019 rejected the bail application of Mohan Nayak and asked the trial court to expedite the trial in the Gauri Lankesh murder …

Karnataka orders setting up of special courts for Lankesh, Kalburgi trials
1 year, 1 month ago

Karnataka orders setting up of special courts for Lankesh, Kalburgi trials

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said the state government has ordered setting up of special courts to hear the case pertaining to the murder of renowned Kannada writer MM Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh. Gauri Lankesh, was shot dead outside her home at Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017 The chief minister issued two directives to the state’s …

6 years on, activists seek speedy trial in Lankesh murder case
1 year, 4 months ago

6 years on, activists seek speedy trial in Lankesh murder case

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: As Tuesday marks the sixth anniversary of the assassination of activist and journalist Gauri Lankesh, her family and activists, who are unhappy with the slow pace of proceedings, are demanding a special fast-track court to conduct the trial on a day-to-day basis. An activist and a close associate of Gauri Lankesh requesting anonymity said, that the government should establish …

Gauri Lankesh murder trial adjourned by court till Sept 14
2 years, 4 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder trial adjourned by court till Sept 14

Hindustan Times  

A special court here on Monday adjourned to September 14 the trial in the activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on September 5, 2017 by two motorcycle-borne assailants near her house, triggering outrage. Gauri Lankesh was murdered outside her Rajarajeshwari Nagar residence on September 5, 2017. The prosecution has in its charge claimed that Gauri Lankesh's …

Three More Witnesses Examined in Gauri Lankesh Murder Trial
2 years, 5 months ago

Three More Witnesses Examined in Gauri Lankesh Murder Trial

News 18  

Three more witnesses, including two policemen, were examined in the Gauri Lankesh murder trial at the special court for Karnataka Control of Organised Crime on Thursday. Police inspector Shiva Reddy, who arrived at the murder scene was examined by the special public prosecutor and also questioned by the defence. Reddy took Parashuram Waghmore, the accused shooter who pulled the trigger …

Gauri Lankesh Murder Trial: Bengaluru Court To Conduct Day To Day Hearing For A Week Every Month, First Session From July 4
2 years, 7 months ago

Gauri Lankesh Murder Trial: Bengaluru Court To Conduct Day To Day Hearing For A Week Every Month, First Session From July 4

Live Law  

A special court hearing the alleged murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh has said that it would hear the case on a day to day basis for a week every month as per the convenience of the parties. The court also directed that the evidence of the first witness in the case, Kavitha Lankesh will be recorded once the presence …

Gauri Lankesh murder trial begins in Karnataka
2 years, 7 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder trial begins in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

The trial in the murder case of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh started on Friday in a special court here, nearly five years after she was gunned down outside her residence. However, the court ordered for all accused lodged in Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Central Prison and Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail to be made part of the trial through video conference …

3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Ordered To Be Shifted To Bengaluru Central Prison From Mumbai Jail
2 years, 11 months ago

3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Ordered To Be Shifted To Bengaluru Central Prison From Mumbai Jail

Live Law  

A sessions court in Bengaluru on Wednesday has ordered the shifting of three accused allegedly involved in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh to be shifted to the Central Prison in Bengaluru from Arthur road prison in Mumbai. Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge Anil Bheemsen Katti in its order said, "Accused no.3, 4 and 12 who are placed …

Gauri Lankesh Murder : Bengaluru Court Frames Charges Against 18 Accused
3 years, 2 months ago

Gauri Lankesh Murder : Bengaluru Court Frames Charges Against 18 Accused

Live Law  

A special court in Bengaluru through video conference on Saturday has framed charges against 18 accused arrested in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The accused charged are AMOLA KHALE, PARASHURAM ASHOK WAGMORE, GANESH MISKIN, AMITH RAMACHANDRA BADDI, AMIT DEGWEKAR, BHAARAT KURANE, SURESH H L ALIAS TEACHER, RAJESH D BANGERA ALIAS SIR, SUDHANVA GONDALEKAR ALIAS PANDEJEE ALIAS OANDEY ALIAS GUJJAR …

Gauri Lankesh Murder: SC Sets Aside HC Order Quashing Charge Sheet Against Accused for KCOCA Offences
3 years, 2 months ago

Gauri Lankesh Murder: SC Sets Aside HC Order Quashing Charge Sheet Against Accused for KCOCA Offences

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Karnataka High Court order quashing the charge sheet against an accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh for purported offences under provisions of the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act. A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar allowed the pleas filed by the state and Gauri Lankesh's sister Kavitha Lankesh …

Supreme Court Restores KCOCA Charges Against Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case
3 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Restores KCOCA Charges Against Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday restored the charges under Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act against accused Mohan Nayak in the Gauri Lankesh murder cases for September 8, 2021. Allowing an appeal filed by Gauri Lankesh's sister Kavita Lankesh, a bench comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and CT Ravikumar set aside the judgment of the Karnataka High Court which …

Supreme Court to hear plea of Gauri Lankesh's sister against high court order
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court to hear plea of Gauri Lankesh's sister against high court order

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a petition by Kavitha Lankesh, the sister of murdered activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, in connection with the dropping of criminal charges against Mohan Nayak, one of the accused in the case. The murder of Gauri Lankesh triggered a massive outrage across India with citizens voicing their protests against the alleged repression of …

4 Years, 17 Arrests, Chargesheets Running Into Pages But No Trial: Revisiting The Gauri Lankesh Murder
3 years, 4 months ago

4 Years, 17 Arrests, Chargesheets Running Into Pages But No Trial: Revisiting The Gauri Lankesh Murder

News 18  

Four years after journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in cold blood outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017, the trial in the murder case is yet to begin. Last month, police filed a chargesheet in Manipal against main accused Amol Kale for the illegal procurement of SIM cards used for planning and execution of the murder, as …

Gauri Lankesh murder: 'Decide bail plea of accused uninfluenced by HC order', says Supreme Court
3 years, 6 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder: 'Decide bail plea of accused uninfluenced by HC order', says Supreme Court

India TV News  

The Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka High Court to decide the bail plea of one of the accused in the murder of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh without being influenced by an order quashing charges against him. The top court sought a response from the Karnataka government on a plea made by sister of slain journalist challenging the dropping of organised …

Gauri Lankesh Murder : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Sister's Plea Challenging Quashing Of KCOCA Charges Against Accused
3 years, 6 months ago

Gauri Lankesh Murder : Supreme Court Issues Notice On Sister's Plea Challenging Quashing Of KCOCA Charges Against Accused

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a special leave petition filed by filmmaker Kavita Lankesh challenging a judgment of the Karnataka High Court which quashed the charges under Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act against accused Mohan Nayak in the Gauri Lankesh murder cases.Kavita Lankesh is the sister of Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in Bengaluru in …

ATS takes custody of Gauri Lankesh murder accused in arms haul case
4 years, 11 months ago

ATS takes custody of Gauri Lankesh murder accused in arms haul case

India TV News  

A court in Mumbai on Thursday remanded Hrishikesh Devdikar, arrested in the journalist Gauri Lankesh murder, in the custody of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad which is probing the 2018 Nalasopara arms haul case. The ATS took his custody from the Karnataka authorities and produced him before a court in Mumbai on Thursday, a senior official said. The ATS had in 2018 …

Gauri Lankesh murder case probe team awarded Union Home Minister's medal
5 years, 5 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder case probe team awarded Union Home Minister's medal

India Today  

The Centre on Monday awarded the Gauri Lankesh murder case's special investigation team "Union Home Ministers Medal for Excellence in Investigation". The investigation team, including IPS officer MN Anucheth, Deputy Superintendent P Rangappa and Inspector Raja, were awarded for cracking the Gauri Lankesh murder case. The mastermind of Gauri Lankesh's assassination Amol Kale hired the alleged killer Parashuram Waghmare - …

Gauri Lankesh and Kalburgi murder: Police on lookout for key conspirator
5 years, 8 months ago

Gauri Lankesh and Kalburgi murder: Police on lookout for key conspirator

India Today  

The Special Investigation Team, probing the murder cases of MM Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh, is on the lookout for a key conspirator. As per sources in the SIT, Mahesh alias Shiva is a sympathiser of Sanatan Sanstha, a right-wing Hindutva organisation, and involved in killings of Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh. In February, the Supreme Court transferred the Kalburgi murder probe …

Kalburgi murder: Police to submit chargesheet soon
5 years, 11 months ago

Kalburgi murder: Police to submit chargesheet soon

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: There's significant breakthrough in the Investigation of noted Kannada litterateur M.M. The Criminal Investigation Department will shortly submit the chargesheet against the accused in the sensational murder case, said Director General of Police, CID, Praveen Sood. The Supreme Court on January 25 observed that the four murder cases; of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune, Comrade Govind Pansare in Kolhapur, …

Activists' murders: SC says one agency can investigate if there's common thread; asks CBI to file reply by January first week
6 years, 1 month ago

Activists' murders: SC says one agency can investigate if there's common thread; asks CBI to file reply by January first week

Firstpost  

The SC asked the CBI to inform it by January first week as to why it should not investigate all the four cases if there appears a link among all the murders New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that if there is a “common thread” among the murders of social activists Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare, journalist Gauri Lankesh …

'Conspiracy to kill Gauri Lankesh took place for 5 years': SIT files additional chargesheet, blames Sanatan Sanstha
6 years, 1 month ago

'Conspiracy to kill Gauri Lankesh took place for 5 years': SIT files additional chargesheet, blames Sanatan Sanstha

India TV News  

The special investigation team, which is probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, has blamed Sanatan Sanstha in the case and said the planning took place for almost five years. In an additional 9,235-page chargesheet filed before a city court, the SIT stated that a network within Sanatan Sanstha targeted Lankesh for no personal reasons. Lankesh, 55, known for her …

Gauri Lankesh Case: Accused Waghmare says police offered 25 lakhs to confess, claims torture by SIT
6 years, 3 months ago

Gauri Lankesh Case: Accused Waghmare says police offered 25 lakhs to confess, claims torture by SIT

Op India  

In a recent twist to the murder of controversial journalist Gauri Lankesh, the main accused Parashuram Waghmare has dropped a bombshell on Saturday when he claimed that the special investigation team investigating the murder had offered him Rs 25 lakh to confess to the crime. Speaking to the media, Waghmare reportedly said that he was facing severe torture to make …

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT takes one more person in custody from Pune; 14 suspects arrested in all
6 years, 4 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT takes one more person in custody from Pune; 14 suspects arrested in all

Firstpost  

Left leaning Lankesh, who was strongly opposed to Hindutva, was shot dead on 5 September last year by two motorcycle-borne assailants. Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has taken into custody one more person in connection with the case. The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police had arrested three members of a suspected right-wing Hindutva …

One year on, justice for Gauri Lankesh still a long way off
6 years, 4 months ago

One year on, justice for Gauri Lankesh still a long way off

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: A year after her assassination, supporters of free speech, rationalists and others came together on Wednesday to highlight their belief that activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed by Hindu right wing activists who did not agree with her views. Allegedly silenced for her activism and views against the right wing, Lankesh was the fourth victim of what now appears to …

Kalburgi killing: Wife deplores slow probe
6 years, 4 months ago

Kalburgi killing: Wife deplores slow probe

Deccan Chronicle  

Hubballi: Litterateurs, upset with the slow pace of investigation into the killing of rationalist, Dr M M Kalburgi, believe it has failed to get as much attention from investigators as the murder of senior journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru last year. The case should be treated on par with the murder of Gauri Lankesh and solved as soon …

Gauri Lankesh's murder was planned a year before: Exclusive details
6 years, 4 months ago

Gauri Lankesh's murder was planned a year before: Exclusive details

India Today  

The idea of creating a 'Hindu Rashtra' led to four activists being murdered by one nameless underground organisation. The mastermind of Gauri Lankesh's assassination Amol Kale was a former Hindu Janajagruti Samiti convener and another accused Amit Degwekar was a sadhak in the Sanathan Sanstha. UNEARTHING GAURI LANKESH'S MURDER PLOT The SIT has found that the plan to kill Gauri …

Dabholkar, Gauri Lankesh murders linked, CBI tells court
6 years, 4 months ago

Dabholkar, Gauri Lankesh murders linked, CBI tells court

India Today  

In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday said it has established links between the murders of Pune-based rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and Bengaluru-based journalist Gauri Lankesh. The remand application adds that during interrogation, Andhure revealed that one of those arrested for the Gauri Lankesh murder had handed over to him a 7.65-mm country made pistol and three …

Gauri case: SIT may solve it before first death anniversary
6 years, 4 months ago

Gauri case: SIT may solve it before first death anniversary

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Investigation in the Gauri Lankesh murder case is the final stages. By her first death anniversary on September 5, the SIT should solve the case and expose the main players behind her coldblooded killing. If only they could make a dead man speak, the Special Investigation Team would have long ago solved the Gauri murder case. Another challenge before …

Gauri Lankesh murder probe unearths MM Kalburgi's killers
6 years, 5 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder probe unearths MM Kalburgi's killers

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The killer duo, who had assassinated the noted Kannada scholar - Prof. M.M. The accused number two in the Gauri Lankesh murder case - Sujeet Kumar alias Praveen alias Manjunath alias Sujeet S. R. from Udupi had reportedly shot at the late Prof. Kalburgi and accused number eight in the Gauri case - Ganesh Miskin from Hubbali - had …

SIT arrests 11th accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case
6 years, 5 months ago

SIT arrests 11th accused in Gauri Lankesh murder case

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Police has made the eleventh arrest in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh last September, when it picked up Suresh HL, a resident of Tumakuru, on Wednesday. People hold placards and candles during a vigil for Gauri Lankesh, a senior journalist who was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru. Suresh’s arrest comes on the back of a flurry …

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT produces 2 more people before court
6 years, 5 months ago

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT produces 2 more people before court

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team, probing the 5 September murder of activist-journalist, Gauri Lankesh, on Monday said that it had produced two more people before the court in connection with the case. The SIT said that the two accused, Amith Baddi and Ganesh Miskin, both 27 years old and from Hubli in Karnataka, were produced before the third additional chief …

Two more suspects arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder
6 years, 5 months ago

Two more suspects arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder

India Today  

A Special Investigation Team has arrested two more suspects under the Arms Act in the Gauri Lankesh murder case. The SIT previously arrested seven people -- Mohan Nayak, KT Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, Parashuram Waghmare, Amol Kale, Manohar Edve, Sujeeth Kumar alias Praveen and Amit Degvekar- in this case. Sources said that the alleged killer Parashuram Waghmare received gun …

1 more arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case, seven held so far
6 years, 5 months ago

1 more arrested in Gauri Lankesh murder case, seven held so far

India Today  

The Special Investigation Team has arrested one more person in the murder case of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. Lankesh, who was known for her strong anti-Hindutva stand, was shot dead in front of her house on September 5 last year, triggering a nationwide outrage. The SIT previously arrested six people - K T Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, Parashuram Waghmare, …

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