Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Karnataka Police to investigate the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh is close to solving the case. Four more persons linked to the radical right-wing outfit Sanathan Sanstha and its sister outfit Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to kill rationalist-writer Prof. K.S. Bhagawan in Mysuru.
The arrested are Amol Kale alias Bhaisaab (39), an activist of the HJS from Maharashtra, Amit Degwekar alias Pradeep (39), a Sanathan Sanstha activist and resident of Goa, Manohar Yavade (28), a resident of Vijayapura in Karnataka, and Sujeet Kumar alias Praveen (37), a HJS and Sanathan Sanstha activist from Mangaluru.
