Journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead with a 7.65 mm country made pistol outside her residence in Bengaluru.
KT Naveen Kumar, who happens to be the first accused arrested in the murder case, confessed to killing Gauri Lankesh who according to him has to be killed. He claims to have supplied bullets to a Right-Wing Activist (Praveen) who told they were after Gauri Lankesh due to her anti-Hindu stand.
The 12-page confession statement consists of route map prepared by the killers for the assassination of Gauri Lankesh at her house. Accused have a map with different angles of the Journalist's residence.
Naveen Kumar is the founder of Hindu Yuva Sena which exists since 2014. This Commerce Student is a college dropout and illegal arms dealer.
As per the charge sheet, Naveen Kumar supplied bullets to Praveen but those were found useless after testing. Then, Praveen told he want good bullets to kill Gauri Lankesh. Though he contacted the dealer selling good bullets, Naveen Kumar wasn't able to communicate with Praveen as he doesn't use mobile. He came to know about Gauri Lankesh's murder on September 5th from newspapers.
KT Naveen Kumar, who happens to be the first accused arrested in the murder case, confessed to killing Gauri Lankesh who according to him has to be killed. He claims to have supplied bullets to a Right-Wing Activist (Praveen) who told they were after Gauri Lankesh due to her anti-Hindu stand.
The 12-page confession statement consists of route map prepared by the killers for the assassination of Gauri Lankesh at her house. Accused have a map with different angles of the Journalist's residence.
Naveen Kumar is the founder of Hindu Yuva Sena which exists since 2014. This Commerce Student is a college dropout and illegal arms dealer.
As per the charge sheet, Naveen Kumar supplied bullets to Praveen but those were found useless after testing. Then, Praveen told he want good bullets to kill Gauri Lankesh. Though he contacted the dealer selling good bullets, Naveen Kumar wasn't able to communicate with Praveen as he doesn't use mobile. He came to know about Gauri Lankesh's murder on September 5th from newspapers.