gauri lankesh murder

It's been almost a month since the murder of Bangalore-based journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh. As the protests against the cold-blooded murder waned, so has the progress into the murder by the investigating agencies. At Truth vs Hype this week, we go back to killings of three other rationalists and dissenters - Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Pansare and MM Kalburgi - to analyse how the cases throw up common finding such as threats by Hindu extremist groups, forensic reports confirming same weapons used and shootings by hit squads on motorcycles. Despite a clear crime pattern, has the trail for these murders run cold?

For a while, the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed abusive handles on Twitter has been a matter of concern. That blew into outrage when some of those handles tweeted venom after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. The BJP responded, saying being followed by the PM is not a "character certificate". We examine whether that claim is Truth or Hype. And appeal to the PM: please unfollow #HandlesOfHate.