Woman Journalist and activist shot dead in Karnataka
Bengaluru, September 05, 2017 :
South Indian journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead at her residence in the city on Tuesday night. The New Indian Express quoting police version has reported that unidentified assailants shot her dead at her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the city. . She was 55 years old.
It has been reported that Gauri Lankesh was running a weekly tabloid Gauri Lankesh and was a fierce activist when it came to rights of dalits or the poor. Earlier, she was involved in the rehabilitation of Naxals who were attempting to return to mainstream life.
Read more at The New Indian Express link :
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/sep/05/journalist-and-activist-gauri-lankesh-shot-dead-in-bengaluru-1652919.html ........
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Chandigarh Press Club condemns murder of Senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh
The Chandigarh Press Club condemns the murder ofSenior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was based in Bangalore. She was the editor of Kannada weekly tabloid and was shot dead on Tuesday night by unidentified men at her residence. She was 55.
According to reports, three unidentified assailants fired three to five bullets at Lankesh, with one hitting her in the forehead and another in the chest, and fled as she collapsed on the spot.