Gauri Lankesh murder case will be cracked within 10 days claims sister Kavita Lankesh

Kavita Lankesh, sister of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh on Monday claimed that she is in touch with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police and as per her information, Gauri Lankesh murder case will be cracked within 10 days from now. 

Kavita said, "I am satisfied with the way investigation is going on. I am in touch with SIT and I am hopeful that within 10 days Gauri murder case will be cracked."

Kavita was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of Gauri Memorial Trust which will be run under the leadership of freedom fighter HS Doreswamy. The trust will have 14 members which will include people like social activist Teesta Setalvad, Dinesh Amin, media advisor to Karnataka CM.

"The purpose of starting this trust is taking forward Gauri's work," said Teesta.

Speaking on the occasion, journalist Siddharth Varadarajan said, "This trust will also take the work of the Gauri Lankesh’s newspaper Patrika forward."

Gauri was shot dead outside her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bangalore on September 5, by three unidentified men.