Protest against journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder

Journalists protest in Delhi against the murder of Gauri Lankesh.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah pays tribute to #GauriLankesh in Bengaluru's Chamrajpet pic.twitter.com/ZjWeZV52jR

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#GauriLankesh's mortal remains at Chamrajpet in Bengaluru; Lankesh was shot dead last evening, murder being probed by three police teams. pic.twitter.com/sDB0yURLoJ

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The US Embassy here on Wednesday condemned the murder of senior Kannada journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. "The US Mission in India joins advocates of press freedom in India and world-wide in condemning the murder of respected journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru," the Embassy said in a statement.

We urge the Karnataka government to probe the murder of well known journalist Gauri Lankesh with full seriousness, take the case to its conclusion, arrest the killers and punish them

"Gauri Lankesh was never afraid of speaking the truth. Her assassination must be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice," said Asmita Basu, Programmes Director at Amnesty International India. "The police must investigate whether she was killed because of her journalism."

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah arrives at Ravindra Kala Kshethra where mortal remains of Gauri Lankesh are kept. (ANI)

CM Siddaramaiah said a SIT would be constituted to probe the murder of journalist and progressive thinker Gauri Lankesh. Siddaramaiah said: "I have instructed the director general and inspector general of police (DG&IGP) to appoint an inspector general of police (IGP) to head the team. I have told them to take as many officers as possible and exclusively probe Gauri's murder."

Saddened at the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru. Most unfortunate. Very alarming. We want justice, tweets West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee.

People with posters and placards during a protest against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh. (Photo: PTI)

Home minister Rajnath Singh asks Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba to seek a report from Karnataka govt on Gauri Lankesh murder.

Chief minister Siddaramaiah holding talks with senior police officers including city police chief T Suneel Kumar and DG-IGP RK Dutta at Vidhana Soudha.

Siddaramaiah refused to comment on the possible motive behind the killings or the groups involved. "We condemn the killing, only cowards can indulge in such acts," said the Karnataka CM.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="in"> Bengaluru: Mortal remains of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> being taken to Ravindra Kala Kshethra <a href="https://t.co/MpYcL8JnqM">pic.twitter.com/MpYcL8JnqM</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/905328784999563265">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>

Anybody who speaks against ideology of BJP-RSS is pressured, beaten, attacked and even killed: Rahul Gandhi on Gauri Lankesh murder

I strongly condemn the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Let Police conduct impartial enquiry on the murder, tweets Sadananda Gowda, Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

A citizen with a placard during a protest against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh. (Photo: PTI)

Saddened by the murder of Gauri Lankesh. India wasn't supposed to be a country where journalists are silenced by bullets. Her voice rings on, tweets Shashi Tharoor.

There must be some conspiracy behind this. We can't rule out that it is like Kalburgi issue. Investigation will go on. I am in touch with home minister and official: Karnataka Law Minister TB Jayachandra (ANI)

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"> I cannot say yet if it was a part of a conspiracy: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> <a href="https://t.co/EzLg8uLP5d">pic.twitter.com/EzLg8uLP5d</a></p> &mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/905325148164599808">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>

Information and Broadcast Minister Smriti Irani condemns the killing of Gauri Lankesh and hopes for speedy investigatio, reports ANI.

Karnataka CM says SIT headed by IG level officer will probe the murder. He is also open for CBI probe. "If family members are particular about it, probe will be given to CBI," said Siddaramaiah.

The Karnataka Police is on the hunt to trace and nab the killers of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. Following journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh's murder+ on Tuesday night, police commissioner T Suneel Kumar directed all DCPs to carry out nakabandi across the city.

Brother of slain senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh on Wednesday expressed confidence that the culprits will be traced soon with the help of concrete evidence from the CCTV footage and the journalist's mobile phone.

Shock engulfed the world of Kannada writers, artists and thinkers as news of the killing of journalist-activist-writer Gauri Lankesh spread late Tuesday evening. Some top writers switched off their phones, while others said they were not in a position to utter a word.