Veteran journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh silenced with bullets

Gauri Lankesh was the editor of 'Gauri Lankesh Patrike' a weekly Kannada tabloid. She was also an activist who voiced against caste system and communal politics. She was worried about the rise of the right wing because of contrasting beliefs.

Gauri Lankesh was the editor of 'Gauri Lankesh Patrike', a weekly Kannada tabloid. She was also an activist who voiced against the caste system and communal politics. She was worried about the rise of the right wing because of contrasting beliefs. (File p 

On Tuesday evening, Gauri left office at 7:30 p.m and upon reaching her home at 8 pm, two bike-borne men shot at her four times, killing the journalist on the spot, the police said. (EPS | Vinod Kumar)

A few hours after Gauri's murder, protests erupted outside her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar late on Tuesday night. (EPS | Vinod Kumar)

After hearing about the tragic incident, M Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, arrived with her daughter at the slain journalist's residence at RR Nagar in Bengaluru. (EPS | Vinod Kumar)

Police control the public at the RR Nagar where Gauri was gunned down by assailants. (EPS | Vinod Kumar)

Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy and Police Commissioner arrive at the residence of Gauri Lankesh where she was killed on Tuesday. (EPS | Vinod Kumar)

Gauri's younger brother, Film Director Indrajith Lankesh at the Victoria Hospital Mortuary in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (EPS | S Manjunath)

A few of the Gowri Lankesh's relatives and friends at the Victoria Hospital Mortuary on Tuesday. (EPS | S Manjunath)

SFI, DYSF and other progressive condemn the murder of Gauri Lankesh at the Corporation Circle in Bengaluru on Tuesday. (EPS | S Manjunath)

Journalist unions in Chennai stage a protest condemning the murder of Gauri Lankesh at Bengaluru on Wednesday. (EPS | Ashwin Prasath)

Artists protests against the killing of Gauri Lankesh in front of Bengaluru Town Hall, holding banners that read 'I am also Gauri'. (EPS | Nagesh Polali)

New Delhi-based journalists and JNU students stage protest outside press club against Gauri's killing on Wednesday. (EPS | Shekhar Yadav)

Journalists take out a protest rally against the murder of Gauri Lankesh, in Vijayawada. (EPS | P Ravindra Babu)