Bengaluru, November 23: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Friday submitted total 9,235-pages charge sheet related to the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh to the SIT Special Court here.

SIT team led by investigating officer MN Anucheth submitted the 9,235 pages charge sheet to the court. It is said that it was the longest charge sheet related to Gauri Lankesh murder case. Out of 18 accused in the case, the SIT arrested 16 and two of them are at large and it was mentioned in the charge sheet. Dada alias Nehal and another accused were absconding. The statements of more than 450 witnesses were recorded in the charge sheet, SIT sources said.

Two absconding

Total 9,235 pages charge sheet was submitted to SIT special court on 18 accused in the Gauri Lankesh murder case. The SIT asked court permission for further investigation. Two accused were at large.

-          MN Anucheth, SIT Investigating Officer

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Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.

He was 45.

Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.

Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.

"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.