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Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee participates in candle light vigil to condemn murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee participates in candle light vigil to condemn murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh

| | 06 Sep 2017, 07:43 pm
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): Condemning the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Karnataka, West Bengal Chief Minister participated in a candle light vigil from Kolkata Press Club till Gandhi statue in the city on Wednesday.

"Participated in a candle vigil from #Kolkata Press Club till Gandhi statue to condemn the murder of journalist GauriLankesh," Banerjee tweeted.

Hundreds of people from different fields of the society joined the candle light vigil to condemn the murder of the journalist.

Meanwhile, hundreds of people, including Karnataka Chief Minister  Siddaramaiah, assembled as journalist Gauri Lankesh was laid to rest at Chamrajpet in Bangalore on Wednesday.

Amid chants like 'Amar rahe Gauri Lankesh', body of the journalist was lowered to the grave.

To honour the journalist, state funeral and a gun salute was given to  Gauri Lankesh as hundreds of people bid adieu to the activist.

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, Congress leader and member of Parliament M Veerappa Moily were present at the venue and paid their respects to the journalist.

The state government has reportedly ordered a SIT probe into the murder of the journalist.

Lankesh, a popular journalist who took stands against Right-wing ideology, was shot several times by some unidentified assailants outside her residence on Tuesday evening.

Karnataka Police have claimed that they have come across some good leads and have also secured CCTV footage, which will help them crack the case.

Her murder bears a resemblance with earlier murders of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and MM Kalburgi.

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