Bengaluru,
Sep 12: Thousands of activists from various parts of the country took out
a protest march here today in protest against the murder of Journalist and
activist Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead in front of her house in the city on
September 5. The agitators, under the banner of 'Gauri Lankesh Hatye Virodhi
Vedike' took out a march from Sangolli Rayana Railway Station (Bengaluru
Central Railway Station) to Central College Ground where a public meeting was
held. Noted Environmentalist Medha Patkar, Communist party leader Sitaram
Yechuri, Veteran Freedom Fighter Doreswamy, writer Nagathihalli Chandrasekhar, severa;
students were among the large number of Artists, Journalists, Writers who
participated in the protest march. Gauri was shot dead point blank by
miscreants while she was entering her house in the night and the incident had
attracted widespread criticism including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
other leaders. Following the incident, the Karnataka Government has provided
police protection to 18 progressive thinkers, writers and other leading
personalities who had threat on their lives according to intelligence reports.
Meanwhile, former Deputy Chief Minister and Senior BJP leader R Ashok termed
the march as Congress sponsored to mislead the public. UNI
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