Hundreds gathered to pay their respects to senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh, who was buried on Wednesday evening with full state honours at a cemetery in Bengaluru's Chamarajpet. The police gave a gun salute to Ms Lankesh, 55, who was shot dead at point-blank range at her home yesterday. Amid outrage, editors and others have condemned the murder, also expressing concern over what they described as a growing intolerance to dissent.
There have been protests across the country and since dusk, candlelight vigils are being held in the heart of Bengaluru, Mumbai and in Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee participated. "Namma Gauri" (I Am Gauri) said large posters in Bengaluru as attendees denounced intolerance and any threat to free speech.
There were chants of "Gauri Lankesh Amar Rahe (Long live Gauri Lankesh)" as the journalist's body was lowered into the grave. There were no religious rituals at the funeral. "She was a rationalist and we do not want to go against her ideologies," said Ms Lankesh's brother.
There have been protests across the country and since dusk, candlelight vigils are being held in the heart of Bengaluru, Mumbai and in Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee participated. "Namma Gauri" (I Am Gauri) said large posters in Bengaluru as attendees denounced intolerance and any threat to free speech.
There were chants of "Gauri Lankesh Amar Rahe (Long live Gauri Lankesh)" as the journalist's body was lowered into the grave. There were no religious rituals at the funeral. "She was a rationalist and we do not want to go against her ideologies," said Ms Lankesh's brother.
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