NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday condemned the felicitation of two males accused of murdering journalist Gauri Lankesh in 2017. Sharing the video the place the accused, out on bail, have been being supplied saffron material and garlanded, the grand outdated occasion mentioned, “Saffron represents braveness and sacrifice, not crime and cowardice. Proper wing is destroying Hinduism piece by piece.”
“Gauri Lankesh’s murderers, cowards who shot a woman and ran away, are garlanded with Saffron garments,” Congress Kerala mentioned in a submit on X.
Sri Ram Sene leaders Umesh Vandal and Neelakanth Kandagal honored Parashuram Waghmore and Manohar Yadawe following their launch on Friday, simply two days after they have been granted bail.
“They weren’t concerned within the homicide, however they have been saved behind bars for seven years. Congress govt typically targets Hindu employees. We welcomed Waghmore and Yadawe to increase ethical help to them,” mentioned Sri Ram Sene.
Gauri Lankesh was murdered on the night time of September 5, 2017, by two males on a bike exterior her house in RR Nagar, west Bengaluru. The police launched a case below numerous legal guidelines, together with the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Arms Act, and the Karnataka Management of Organized Crimes Act.
Ultimately, a particular investigation workforce arrange by the state authorities recognized 18 suspects, together with the alleged mastermind Amol Kale, shooter Parashuram Waghmare, and Ganesh Miskin, who was using the motorbike throughout the incident.
