One of the most shocking incident took place on Tuesday evening as, Senior writer, editorial manager and extremist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead by unidentified attackers at her doorstep in Bengaluru West. Four slugs pierced through the 55-year-old’s chest, and she was discovered lying in a pool of blood after she ventured outside her auto and flung open the doors of her home at around 8pm.
#Visual of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar (Pic Source: Local media) pic.twitter.com/sV2S9DWyjg
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2017
Known for her brave and straightforward state of mind, the editorial manager of Kannada week by week Lankesh Patrike had been sentenced in a maligning case documented by BJP MP Prahlad Joshi over a report distributed in her paper for a half year. In any case, she was out on safeguard. The 2008 article affirmed that Joshi was associated with debasement and murder.
People all over have been shocked by this cold-hearted murder and are expressing their grief, anger over social media websites. MAny of the Journalists and Politicians took to twitter to express their mourning and are angry about what has happened.
Many columnists have arranged protest sessions outside Lankesh’s living arrangement in Bengaluru’s Rajarajeshwari Nagar, and different assemblies and dissents have been sorted out the nation over. Denouncing her murder, Twitterati filled the systems administration site with profound sympathies and anger tweets.
Candlelight vigil in Karnataka's Gulbarga for Senior Journalist #GauriLankesh who was shot dead this evening in Bengaluru's RR Nagar. pic.twitter.com/2t8nbpWKO2
— ANI (@ANI) September 5, 2017
RIP Gauri, you were truly an inspiring and a brave journalist!
The truth will never be silenced. Gauri Lankesh lives on in our hearts. My condolences &love to her family. The culprits have to be punished
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 5, 2017
Journalism is nothing without courage. Democracy is nothing without dissent. You had plenty of both #GauriLankesh You live on as inspiration
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) September 5, 2017
To kill someone for their views is not Democracy, its beginnings of a Banana Republic, where violence speaks louder than words #GauriLankesh
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) September 6, 2017
Pansare, Kalburgi and now Gauri Lankesh!
Same pattern: shot by masked men
Same motive: Silence voices of dissent?
Same forces? https://t.co/CYrOMeuTgX— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) September 5, 2017
#GauriLankesh was in my batch at IIMC. An idealist leftist. In the end, became victim of the same politics she believed in and fought for.
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) September 6, 2017
#Gauri Lankesh shot dead outside her home.Shocking Devastating. Dabholkar Pansare Kalburgi Culprits must be punished
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) September 5, 2017
Shocking and blood curdling to hear about the murder of Gauri Lankesh. These monstrous criminals must be nailed n dealt with sternly
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) September 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/sheetal_tweets/status/905241859903119361
Saddened by the murder of #GauriLankesh. India wasn't supposed to be a country where journalists are silenced by bullets. Her voice rings on
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 5, 2017
As a rookie journo, I discovered Bangalore riding pillion on Gauri Lankesh's mobike. She was truly one of a kind. Hard to believe she's gone
— Seema Goswami (@seemagoswami) September 5, 2017
