Karnataka High Court Grants Bail to Three Gauri Lankesh Murder Accused
The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to three individuals accused in the 2017 murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty issued the bail on grounds of trial delays. Previously, another accused, N Mohan Nayak, had also been granted bail in December.
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The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to three accused arrested in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh.
Justice S Vishwajith Shetty on Tuesday granted bail to Amit Digvekar, H L Suresh, and K T Naveen Kumar.
Citing trial delays, the trio had sought bail.
In December last year, the court had granted bail to another accused, N Mohan Nayak.
Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken critic of Hindutva groups, was shot dead on September 5, 2017, outside her house in Bengaluru.
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