Gauri Lankesh’s murder in August last year, which had sent the entire country into a deep state of shock, has taken a new and interesting turn. According to investigating officials, she is suspected to have been murdered by the same group of like minded people who have allegedly murdered rationalists like M. M. Kalburgi and Narendra Dabholkar earlier. Maharastra ATS along with Karnataka ATS have made several arrests in this regard. The officials made the following statement after the arrests

“The probe so far indicates that those arrested in connection with the seizure of huge cache of explosives from Nallasopara in Palghar district have direct links with the killings of Dabholkar, Kalburgi and Lankesh,” he said.

One of the accused Kurne, a resort owner in Karnataka’s Belgaum district, had provided shelter to those accused in Lankesh’s killing. His three acres large farmland at Khanapur forest was also used for fire arm training sessions, he added.

This article has been authored by Swastik Parhi, a First Year student of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.