Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Nov 24: A network within Sanatan Sanstha has targeted Gauri Lankesh for no personal reasons, states an additional chargesheet filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) before the Principal Civil and Sessions court in Bengaluru on Friday.
The 9,235 page chargesheet states that Sanatan Sanstha was planning to kill Lankesh for almost five years.
Special Public Prosecutor S Balan tells media, that though Lankesh and the killer had no personal enmity, it was the certain ideology she wrote and spoke about that led to her murder.
SIT which had filed the first chargesheet last May, has now sought permission to investigate the case further.
As of now, 18 people including shooter Parashuram Waghmare, masterminds Amol Kale, Sujith Kumar alias Praveen and Amit Degwekar are accused of killing Gauri Lankesh on September 5, 2017 outside her house. Lankesh was known for her left-leaning and strong anti-Hindutva views.
The same gang’s involvement is suspected in murder of rationalists M M Kalburgi, Narendra Dhabholkar and Govind Pansare.
Meanwhile Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said the state government would soon take a call on banning the organisations involved in the killing of noted journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. Speaking to reporters here, Parameshwara said, "No discussions have taken place regarding the organisations involved in the crime, but shortly we will take a decision on that."