Gauri Lankesh murder case: SIT makes 16th arrest

Bengaluru | Friday | 12th October, 2018

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more-inThe Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh made its 16th arrest on Thursday. Suryavamshi allegedly provided stolen bikes for the gang that killed Gauri Lankesh and three others, SIT sources said. The dates matched with the entry in Kale's diary leading to the arrest of Vasudev Suryavamshi by the Maharashtra ATS and now by the SIT in the Gauri Lankesh case. Kalaskar allegedly claimed that a garage mechanic had provided the bike, but said he did not know his name. Code name ‘Mechanic’Vasudev Suryavamshi was known by the code name ‘Mechanic’, said an SIT official..