: Gauri Lankesh murder: SC restores organised crime charges against accused man #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Thursday said set aside a High Court order quashing the Karnataka Control of Organised

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Gauri Lankesh murder: SC restores organised crime charges against accused man #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Thursday said set aside a High Court order quashing the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act charges against one of the accused person in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh, reported Live Law.Lankesh, a journalist known for her strident views against Hindutva politics, was shot dead at her home in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017. At least 12 people have been arrested in the case.Her killing had sparked protests around the country, and was seen by many as another in a spate of attacks that have targeted activists and writers critical of the right wing.In April, the Karnataka High Court had dropped the organised crimes charges against the accused man, Mohan Nayak, on the grounds that no prior chargesheet had been filed under the law to prove that he was part of the crime syndicate allegedly involved in the murder.Guari Lankesh’s sister Kavitha Lankesh had moved the Supreme Court challenging the High Court’s decision.In her petition, Kavitha Lankesh had submitted that investigation in the case has shown Nayak was actively involved in “providing shelter to the killers prior to and after committing the offence and has participated in a series of conspiracies, abetting, planning, providing logistics�?.During the hearing in Supreme Court on September 21, senior advocate Husefa Ahmadi,...Read more

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