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SIT names Sanatan Sanstha in Gauri Lankesh murder case

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Karnataka, the Special Investigation Team (SIT)probing the killing of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, has named SanatanSanstha in its additional charge sheet filed before a city court.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The SIT submitted, the over nine thousand-page chargesheet in the Principal Civil and Sessions court in Bengaluru yesterday. Thecharge sheet stated that a network within Sanatan Sanstha targeted Lankesh forno personal reasons. It also said the planning to kill Lankesh took place foralmost five years.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The SIT has also sought permission to investigate thecase further. Gauri Lankesh was shot dead in front of her house in Bengaluru on5th September last year. Soon after, the then Siddaramaiah-led governmentconstituted the SIT to probe into the killing.</span></p>

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