The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh has arrested one more person, suspected to have provided shelter to the man who shot her dead.
H L Suresh, 36, was arrested in Tumakuru yesterday and produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, which remanded him in judicial custody, a SIT release said in Bengaluru today.
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Sources in the SIT claimed that Suresh had provided shelter to Parashuram Waghmare, who allegedly pulled the trigger, killing Lankesh outside her house in Bengaluru.
With this, a total of 11 suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the case.
Lankesh, known for her vociferous anti-Hindutva stand,was shot dead on September 5 last year. Her killing drew widespread condemnation from various quarters.
