<p>A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Police will conduct a Narco test on KT Naveen Kumar, <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/karnataka-sit-makes-first-arrest-in-gauri-lankesh-murder-case-35244">accused in the murder</a> of journalist Gauri Lankesh.<br />
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<p>On March 9, six months after the murder of Gauri Lankesh, the Karnataka police arrested alleged gunrunner Naveen Kumar who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case.</p>

<p>The same day, a Bengaluru court gave the SIT of the Karnataka police five-day additional custody of the accused.</p>

<p>Naveen Kumar&#39;s family has maintained that he was innocent and in no way connected to the crime.</p>

<p>Gauri Lankesh, 55, was known as an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, and was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her home in Bengaluru on September 5 last year.</p>

<p>The killing of the journalist had drawn widespread condemnation and the Siddaramaiah government had come under flak for not making any headway in nabbing the culprits.&nbsp;</p>

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On March 9, the Karnataka police arrested alleged gunrunner KT Naveen Kumar as an accused in the case

A Special Investigation Team of the Karnataka Police will conduct a Narco test on KT Naveen Kumar, accused in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Gauri Lankesh murder case: Special Investigation Team to conduct Narco test on accused Naveen Kumar. — ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2018 × On March 9, six months after the murder of Gauri Lankesh, the Karnataka police arrested alleged gunrunner Naveen Kumar who was taken into police custody on March 2 for interrogation in connection with the case. The same day, a Bengaluru court gave the SIT of the Karnataka police five-day additional custody of the accused. Naveen Kumar's family has maintained that he was innocent and in no way connected to the crime. Gauri Lankesh, 55, was known as an anti-establishment voice with strident anti-right wing views, and was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her home in Bengaluru on September 5 last year. The killing of the journalist had drawn widespread condemnation and the Siddaramaiah government had come under flak for not making any headway in nabbing the culprits.

Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT to conduct narco test on accused

<p>The Bengaluru Magistrate Court has sent the first&nbsp;accused, KT Naveen Kumar,&nbsp;in the <a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/gauri-lankesh-murder-brother-seeks-cbi-inquiry-in-the-case-31112" target="_blank">Gauri Lankesh Murder&nbsp;case</a> to a five-day custody to Special Investigation Team.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Karnataka SIT took into custody the accused on March 3 after he was found with more than 15 rounds of cartridges of the .32 calibre.&nbsp;</p>

<p>He was caught by the crime wing of the Karnataka police&#39;s central crime branch on February 18.</p>

<p>The police are now planning to conduct a lie detector test on Kumar.</p>

<p>He is also reported to have links with right-wing groups such as Sanatan Sanstha outfit and its affiliate Hindu Janajagruti Samiti.</p>

<p>Kumar is also suspected to&nbsp;have links in the shooting of&nbsp;rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Gauri Lankesh was<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/senior-journalist-gauri-lankesh-shot-dead-in-her-bengaluru-home-19910" target="_blank"> shot outside her Bengaluru home </a>on the evening of September 5.&nbsp;</p>

<p>She edited the anti-establishment Gauri Lankesh Patrike.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Her&nbsp;killing was very similar to the earlier killings of the rationalists and activists Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar, and MM Kalburgi who were equally critical of the right wing.</p>


The Karnataka SIT took into custody accused KT Naveen Kumar on March 3 after he was found with more than 15 rounds of cartridges of the .32 calibre

The Bengaluru Magistrate Court has sent the first accused, KT Naveen Kumar, in the Gauri Lankesh Murder case to a five-day custody to Special Investigation Team. The Karnataka SIT took into custody the accused on March 3 after he was found with more than 15 rounds of cartridges of the .32 calibre. He was caught by the crime wing of the Karnataka police's central crime branch on February 18. The police are now planning to conduct a lie detector test on Kumar. He is also reported to have links with right-wing groups such as Sanatan Sanstha outfit and its affiliate Hindu Janajagruti Samiti. Kumar is also suspected to have links in the shooting of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare. KT Naveen Kumar, an accused in #GauriLankesh murder case, granted Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody for 5 days by Bengaluru Magistrate Court pic.twitter.com/PZJdOtek6G — ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2018 × Gauri Lankesh was shot outside her Bengaluru home on the evening of September 5. She edited the anti-establishment Gauri Lankesh Patrike. Her killing was very similar to the earlier killings of the rationalists and activists Govind Pansare, Narendra Dabholkar, and MM Kalburgi who were equally critical of the right wing.

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