Bengaluru/ Mandya: Rebuffing reports in the media, the Bengaluru Police late yesterday night clarified that no arrests were made in connection with the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in September 2017.
Reports by news channels and print media had claimed that K.T. Naveen and Hotte Manja, members of Hindu Yuva Sena at Maddur near Mandya, were identified as masterminds by the Bengaluru Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) and were taken into custody last evening. Reports said that the arrests were made when the duo was on a tour in Chikkamagalur. Naveen had allegedly posted comments on social media justifying Gauri’s murder and the SIT had kept an eye on him. However, the Police have refuted the news report and called it ‘false,’ mentioning that no arrests have been made.
