3 Accused In Gauri Lankesh Murder Case Ordered To Be Shifted To Bengaluru Central Prison From Mumbai Jail

Principal City Civil and Sessions Judge Anil Bheemsen Katti in its order said, "Accused no.3 (GANESH MISKIN ALIAS GANEHS ALIAS MITHUN), 4 (AMITH RAMACHANDRA BADDI ALIAS AMITH BADDI ALIAS AMITH ALIAS GOVIND) and 12 (VASUDEV BHAGWAN SURYAVANASHI ALIAS VASU ALIAS MACHANIC) who are placed in Arthur Jail are ordered to be shifted to Central Prison Parappana Agrahara, Bengaluru. The application of accused no.18 (RUSHIKESH DEVADEKAR ALIAS MURALI ALIAS SHIVA) cannot be considered at this stage."

The court through video conference had on October 30, 2021 framed charges against 18 accused arrested in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

The same was read over and explained to the accused persons in the language known to them in Marathi and Kannada, since Marathi language is known to the Presiding Officer in presence of their counsel before the court. The accused persons after having understood the same pleaded not guilty and claim to be tried.

The accused have been charged under section 302, 120B, 114, 118, 109, 201, 203, 204, 35 of the Indian Penal code. Section 25 (1), 25 (1B), 27 (1) of the Arms Act and Sections 3(1) (i), 3(2), 3(3), 3(4) of the Karnataka Organised Crime Act.

On September 5, 2017, journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her residence in south Bengaluru. The police have arrested 18 persons in the case. The first charge-sheet in the case was filed against Naveen Kumar on May 30. On November 23, 2018, the SIT submitted an additional 9,235-page chargesheet in the Principal Civil and Sessions court. The second chargesheet named 18 people as accused in the murder.

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