Gauri Lankesh case: Family satisfied with probe

BENGALURU: Days after the SIT arrested the alleged killer of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, shot dead here 9 months ago, her circle of relatives on Saturday expressed pleasure over the probe, saying it used to be moving in the proper path and they will get justice.
Lankesh's sister Kavitha and her mother known as on former chief minister Siddaramaiah to express their gratitude over the progress in the probe, with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) arresting the alleged shooter Parashuram Waghmare from Sindagi previous this week.

The Siddaramaiah govt had constituted the SIT led through inspector general of police B Ok Singh and investigating officer M N Anucheth. It has to this point arrested six other people, including Waghmare.

"A person by name Parashuram has been arrested but lot more investigation has to be done. But I came here just to askwhether the investigation will reach its logical end," Kavithatold journalists here after assembly Siddaramaiah.

She said the individual arrested has been dubbed as 'alleged killer' but they have got come to grasp that he has confessed to his crime.

She reposed faith in the investigation beingcarried out through IGP Singh.

Kavitha said, "Let they (SIT) investigate it because we are not the (investigating) officer. We have faith that it is going in the right direction under the leadership of inspector general of police B K Singh. The 100-member in the SIT has been working very hard."

The SIT used to be going about its activity in "an unbiased manner" and investigated all angles, she said.


"They inquired with us. When there have been suspicions about the possible Naxal involvement, they investigated that also.


Finally after filtering all the probabilities, they in any case reached this level. So we are satisfied that we can get justice," said Kavitha.


Gauri Lankesh, a Left leaning journalist and a strong Hindutva critic, used to be shot-dead from a detailed vary through motorbike-borne assailants in entrance of her space on September five remaining 12 months.


Her murder had prompted anationwide outrage.
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