Bengaluru: Outraged over the gunning down of one of their own, Gauri Lankesh, prominent journalists from across the city gathered at the Press Club of Bangalore here, and demanded justice amid call for standing up to “forces” trying to the “muzzle” the voices of dissent.
Lankesh, 55, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at the entrance of her residence in the Rajrajeshwari Nagar, Karnataka police chief R K Dutta said.
An outspoken critic of the Hindutva politics, Lankesh was the editor Kannada tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike, besides owning some other publications.
The Club has demanded that the attackers be identified and brought to book in a swift manner.
Meanwhile, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ) also staged a protest at the Jantar Mantar.
The Delhi unit of the forum said the killing of senior Kannada journalist was an example of “politics of intolerance”.
The KUWJ also said it is an “attempt” to muzzle the voices of criticisms.
“She was not only a journalist but a social activist who shared the concerns of the society. This murder is similar to the killings of M M Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare,” KUWJ said in a statement.
