Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh has taken Naveen Kumar alias Hotte Manja, 37, hailing from Maddur near Mandya into custody for questioning yesterday evening.Naveen is the first person to be taken into custody, suspected to have direct links to the Gauri murder case, but Police claimed that more arrests would be made in the coming days.
“Based on certain clues revealed by Naveen, the SIT has taken him under eight-day Police custody for further questioning,” said M.N. Anucheth, Chief Investigating Officer of the SIT.
