Gauri's assassins also tracked rationalist Narendra Nayak
Mangaluru: The group accused of murdering journalist Gauri Lankesh also watched the activities of Prof. Narendra Nayak of Mangaluru, the president of Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, and identified him as a target, reported The Indian Express.
Rajesh Bangera (50), one of the accused in the Gauri murder case, had tracked the movements of Narendra Nayak in Mangaluru for two days in 2016, says SIT in its report to the court.
Bangera, allegedly the arms trainer of the group, trained four youths namely Mohan, Yathin, Yathish and Kumud to use guns before the surveillance began, the police alleged.
A diary recovered from main accused in the Lankesh case, Amol Kale, lists Mysuru's rationalist thinker Prof K S Bhagwan, Mangaluru's rationalist Prof. Narendra Nayak, Swami Nijuguanand and Bengaluru's playwright Girish Karnad as “targets.”
It is also alleged that the diary had listed the names, in code words, of those who would carry out the murders. After assassinating Lankesh, the group had planned to assassin Prof. Bhagwan in Mysore in February 2018. However, the SIT probe in the Lankesh murder achieved a breakthrough, resulting in disruption of the plan.
The police have registered a separate case against seven of the 18 persons accused in the Lankesh murder case on the charges of plotting to murder Prof. Bhagwan.
In its chargesheet, the SIT has documented the finding of 16 bundles of copies of Sanatan Prabhat, the mouthpiece of Sanatan Sanstha, at the home of Bangera after his arrest.
The SIT has filed a 9,235-page chargesheet against 18 persons in the Lankesh case. Of them, 16 arrested and two are still on large.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Stop atrocities on Hindus immediately, release ISKCON monk from jail: RSS to Bangladesh interim govt
New Delhi (PTI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh interim government to ensure the atrocities on the Hindus are stopped and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released from jail immediately.
RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in a statement also appealed to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps to build global opinion in its support "as soon as possible".
"The attacks, murders, looting, arson as well as inhuman atrocities by Islamic fundamentalists on Hindus, women and all other minorities in Bangladesh are extremely worrying and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh condemns this," he said.
Instead of stopping this, the present Bangladesh government and other agencies are only silent spectators, Hosabale said.
"Out of helplessness, a new phase of injustice and atrocities seems to be emerging against the Hindus of Bangladesh to suppress the voice raised by them in a democratic way for self-defense," the RSS general secretary said.
"It is unjust for the Bangladesh government to send ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who is leading the Hindus in such peaceful demonstrations, to jail," he added
Bangladesh Police earlier on Monday arrested International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka while he was travelling to Chittagong.
"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh appeals to the Bangladesh government to ensure that the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh stop immediately and release Shri Chinmoy Krishna Das from imprisonment," Hosabale said.
"The RSS also appeals to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps as soon as possible to build global opinion in its support," he added.
At this crucial time, the RSS general secretary said, India and the global community and institutions should stand with the victims of Bangladesh and express their support, and demand that their respective governments make every possible effort to ensure that atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities are stopped in Bangladesh immediately.
This is necessary for world peace and brotherhood, he added.
