The shocking incident of noted journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh getting murdered in cold blood on Tuesday night triggered outrage and sorrow among people from different walks of life across the country.
The gutsy editor was shot dead by unknown assailants from point-blank range at her Ideal Homes Layout residence in Raja Rajeshwari Nagar Bengaluru.
The noted editor was known for her vocal stance against fascist forces and was a dissenter.
CM Siddaramaiah also expressed shock and promised action from the police.
Gauri's murder comes two years after the murder of noted rationalist MM Kalburgi, whose killers are yet to be apprehended.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also expressed shock over the murder, and implied that such acts were a threat to democracy.
Soon after the news broke there were spontaneous reactions on Twitter and Facebook. #GauriLankesh started trending on Twitter.
Dhabolkar , Pansare, Kalburgi , and now Gauri Lankesh . If one kind of people are getting killed which kind of people are the killers .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) September 5, 2017
Gauri Lankesh shot dead! #gaurilankesh pic.twitter.com/9rZdgc45Qm
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) September 5, 2017
Killing of #GauriLankesh is not only tragic but terribly scary as well. Mere dissent or disagreement as a brave journalist cost her life.
— S lrfan Habib (@irfhabib) September 5, 2017
Unbelievable reports coming in: Journalist-Activist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bangalore. pic.twitter.com/ohnNMNnMpT
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) September 5, 2017
Gauri Lankesh shocking murder. A progressive, free thinking journalist, who always fought for the rights of poor & weak. A terrible tragedy.
— Dinesh Gundu Rao (@dineshgrao) September 5, 2017
Saddened at the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru. Most unfortunate. Very alarming. We want justice
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) September 5, 2017
Shocked & angry - after Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi, journalist @gaurilankesh bravely writing against Sangh, shot dead in Bengaluru
— Kavita Krishnan (@kavita_krishnan) September 5, 2017
Numbed by news of Gauri Lankesh's murder. She was gutsy, level-headed, defiant—everything we need in a journalist in these troubled times.
— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) September 5, 2017
Simply shocking. A brave journalist, the kind becoming rare nowadays https://t.co/KSkuIq2eFx
— Sidharth Bhatia (@bombaywallah) September 5, 2017
Unbelievable reports coming in: Journalist-Activist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in Bangalore. pic.twitter.com/ohnNMNnMpT
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) September 5, 2017
Shocked & deeply distressed at the murder of senior journalist @gaurilankesh . Shot dead in her own house in Bangalore.
— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) September 5, 2017
RIP @GauriLankesh, very brave journalist and activist, just shot dead in Bengaluru. Not without forewarnings:https://t.co/U9MmFZVvjO
— Raghu Karnad (@rkarnad) September 5, 2017
Veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead in cold blood at her Bangalore home. Awaiting details. Horrific news
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) September 5, 2017
If first reports that three hit men came to her home in a car & shot Gauri Lankesh dead are true, this is a professional hit on a journalist https://t.co/yljvAgCP5d
— vir sanghvi (@virsanghvi) September 5, 2017
Gauri Lankesh was a voice that spoke for all of us. A voice that was silenced. #FreedomOfSpeech #justice #heartbreaker #gaurilankesh
— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) September 5, 2017