Bengaluru. The Karnataka Police has taken a suspected accused KT Naveen Kumar into custody for questioning in connection with the murder of journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh. Naveen was caught by the crime wing. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West Bengaluru negating it, said this is false, No arrests have been done by the SIT.
Police had later released sketches of two suspects and asked for public help to put a name to their faces but there hadn't been much of a headway. A reward of Rs. 10 lakh had also been announced for leads that lead to the arrest of the murderers. Gauri was shot dead by unknown by assailants outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, last year. She was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a tabloid known for "anti-establishment" views. Following her murder, several protests, across the country and especially in prominent parts of Karnataka, had taken place.