BJP files complaint against Guha for linking Lankesh murder to Sangh Parivar

October 11, 2017 18:00

The Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha has filed a complaint seeking criminal proceedings against noted historian Ramachandra Guha for his allegations linking the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh with the Sangh

Parivar.

It accused Guha of making "baseless" allegations against the Sangh Parivar organisations to tarnish their image, create a wrong perception in the minds of the public, and "cause provocation with intention to cause violence".

The complaint was filed by Sankeerth Thady, Secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha, Bengaluru city, at the Malleshwaram police station yesterday.

On September 11, the Yuva Morcha had slapped a legal notice on Guha seeking an unconditional apology for the same.

Following the notice Guha had tweeted, "In India today, independent writers and journalists are harassed, persecuted, and even killed. But we shall not be silenced."

In another tweet, he said, "Atal Bihari Vajpayee said the answer to a book or article can only be another book or article. But we no longer live in Vajpayee's India."

Gauri Lankesh, known to be an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, was shot dead by unknown assailants at her home here on the night of September 5.

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