The accused arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who is said to be linked with a right-wing radical group, will be taken to Goa and Belgaum for investigation.
The accused arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who is said to be linked with a right-wing radical group, will be taken to Goa and Belgaum for investigation.
Six months after the murder of Lankesh, Karnataka police arrested alleged gunrunner KT Naveen Kumar, who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case.
According to Indian Express report, a Bengaluru city court gave the Special Investigation Team (SIT) five-day additional custody of the suspect to take him to locations in Goa and Belgaum.
alleged gunrunner KT Naveen Kumar, who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case.The accused had allegedly gone to these places as a part of the conspiracy to carry out the journalist-activists killing.
A report said that the assistant public prosecutor Nirmala Rani told the court that additional custody is required o unravel the murder conspiracy and another accused, has also been identified.
Kumar was today produced before a court on Friday which remanded him in police custody in the Lankesh case till March 13 for further interrogation.
Kumar's lawyers told reporters that they opposed in the court any move to conduct brain mapping of the accused citing Supreme Court rulings which do not allow the test without the consent of the accused.
The arrest of Kumar in the Lankesh murder case comes two days after state Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said the SIT would soon clear the air whether the police have picked up the right person in the case.
Kumar's family has maintained that he was innocent and in no way connected to the case.
The state government, which constituted the SIT headed by Inspector General of Police (Intelligence) B K Singh, had announced Rs 10 lakh reward for anyone giving clues about the perpetrators of the crime.
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.
alleged gunrunner KT Naveen Kumar, who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case.
(With agency inputs)
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