Gauri Lankesh murder: Postmortem ends, burial this evening

September 06, 2017 12:54

Bengaluru: Mortal remains of Gauri Lankesh being taken to the Ravindra Kala Kshethra where well wishers and friends can pay their last respects. The body will, thereafter, be taken to the Chamarajapete burial ground for the last rites to be performed by this evening.

Senior journalist Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday at her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Naga by some unidentified assailants at around 8-8:30 pm.

As per reports, three bullets were pumped in her body.

Lankesh's body was later shifted to the Victoria Hospital for the post-mortem.

Lankesh was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a tabloid described as an "anti-establishment" publication.

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