Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT to conduct narco test on accused
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A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Police will conduct a Narco test on KT Naveen Kumar, accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
Gauri Lankesh murder case: Special Investigation Team to conduct Narco test on accused Naveen Kumar.
— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2018
On March 9, six months after the murder of Gauri Lankesh, the Karnataka police arrested alleged gunrunner Naveen Kumar who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case.
The same day, a Bengaluru court gave the SIT of the Karnataka police five-day additional custody of the accused.
Naveen Kumar's family has maintained that he was innocent and in no way connected to the crime.
Gauri Lankesh, 55, was known as an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, and was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her home in Bengaluru on September 5 last year.
The killing of the journalist had drawn widespread condemnation and the Siddaramaiah government had come under flak for not making any headway in nabbing the culprits.