Gauri Lankesh murder suspect nabbed from Jharkhand

Bengaluru: One more suspect in the murder case of senior Kannada journalist Gauri Lankesh has been arrested over two years after the sensational incident. “Our sleuths arrested Rushikesh Devdikar from Katras in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Thursday,” a Special Investigation Team (SIT) official told IANS here. Katras is about 140km northeast of Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi. Devdikar, 44, was absconding since September 5, 2017, when the 55-year-old Lankesh was gunned down in front of her house here in the southwest suburb. “The 18th accused is being brought to the city from Jharkhand for judicial remand and investigation into his role in Gauri’s killing,” said the official. “A search is underway at Devidkar’s his house in the city for documentary or material evidence as was primarily involved in the conspiracy to kill Gauri, who was also a social activist,” chief investigation officer M.N. Anucheth said. (IANS)