Bengaluru: The charge sheet filed by the special investigation team in the Gauri Lankesh murder case claims that the Journalist was killed for her ‘anti-Hindu’ views reports a daily.
The Special Investigation Team in its 651-page charge sheet said “The accused K.T. Naveen Kumar was angry with her for speaking against Hindu dharma, Gods of Hindu dharma and insulting Hindu dharma.”
According to the sources, the SIT has not released the confession statements of Naveen Kumar and statements of his three friends from Maddur, made before a magistrate. Although the team has not mentioned the affiliation of any organisation, accused Naveen Kumar’s wife made a statement to the SIT saying he was associated with the ‘Sanatan Dharma Sanstha’ mostly in 2017.
As reported by a daily, Ms. Roopa said that her husband took her for a programme in Shivamogga in 2017 where he introduced her to people from Sanatan Dharma Sanstha. He had procured a pistol and a few bullets, about three months before Dasara. When she complained, he said they were ‘dummy’ bullets to scare away monkeys.“On Dasara festival, he offered pooja to the pistol,” her statement read.
The SIT also includes a forensic report of websites sanatan.org and hindujagruti.org. which notes that sanatan.org carried a report of a meeting purportedly held in Maddur on December 10, 2017. Police sources claim that Naveen Kumar had attended this meeting.
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