Who was Gauri Lankesh, journalist shot dead in Bengaluru?
Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead at her home in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening, was the editor of a weekly Kannada tabloid 'Gauri Lankesh Patrike'. She was known to write against communal violence and Hindu extremism. In an interview, she had also shown her concern about freedom of expression being under attack from right-wing trolls.