Pramod Muthalik, the chief of right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, triggered a massive controversy on Sunday after he likened the slain Bengaluru journalist, Gauri Lankesh, to a dog. Hitting out at the critics who questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on Lankesh, who was murdered last September, he said, “Many wanted PM Modi to react …
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June 18, 2018The Special Investigation Team probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has summoned Rakesh Math, the Vijayapura district president of fringe right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, for questioning, a senior police official said today. The SIT decided to question Math since the suspected shooter of Lankesh, Parashuram Waghmare, was an active member of the Hindutva …
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June 16, 2018Parashuram Waghmare, the last of the six suspects arrested in connection with the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, was her assassin, the SIT probing the sensational case said on Friday. A senior official in the Special Investigation Team also said the same weapon was used to shoot Lankesh, and rationalists Govind Pansare and M M …
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June 15, 2018