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In an interview, Laurent Richard of Forbidden Stories speaks about the role fake news has played in the attacks on journalists – including the murder of Gauri Lankesh.
The witnesses examined included two police officers as well as an employee of the public works department who had drawn the map of the crime scene for the investigation.
The Karnataka High Court recently permitted KT Naveen Kumar, who is one of the accused in the murder of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, to seek treatment at a private multi specialty hospital.