Complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi for linking Gauri Lankesh's murder to BJP-RSS

Rahul attacked RSS over Lankesh's murder and said ideology of the right wing group is to crush voices of dissent.

A complaint was filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Chikmagalur, Karnataka, on Friday for trying to link journalist Gauri Lankesh's killing with BJP-RSS.

BJP workers in Chikmagalur filed a complaint against Rahul for saying that 'anybody who speaks against ideology of BJP-RSS is pressured, even killed'. His came a day after Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her house in Bengaluru.

Rahul attacked RSS over Lankesh's murder and said ideology of the right wing group is to crush voices of dissent.

"The truth will never be silenced. Gauri Lankesh lives on in our hearts. My condolences and love to her family. The culprits have to be punished," he said on Twitter.

While speaking to media, Rahul said, "Anybody who speaks against the ideology of BJP-RSS is pressured, even killed".

Lankesh, who ran her own Kannada publication, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at her residence in Bengaluru on Tuesday evening.

Seven bullets were fired at her by bike-borne assailants out of which three hit and four missed her.

OneIndia News