SPP in Gauri Lankesh murder case files list of witnesses before court

The Special Public Prosecutor in the murder case of journalist Gauri Lankesh filed a list of witnesses before a Bengaluru City Civil and Sessions Court. The SPP submitted the list to the court on Saturday.

In response, the defendant’s attorney appealed for a list of electronic evidence that are part of the investigation.

The court had adjourned the hearing to June 6 for objections, if any to the plea, to be filed. The trial would be held from July 4 to July 8 and for a week every month.

Lankesh was killed outside her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in the city on September 5, 2017.