Slain journalist Gauri Lankesh laid to rest with police

The body of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was laid to rest with police (rpt) police honours, a day after she was gunned down by unidentified assailants, with the damp weather in the city matching the sombre mood.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy, JD (S) MLA B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, actor Prakash Raj, playwrights, theatre personalities, journalists and social activists were in attendance.
A large number of people thronged the TR Mill crematorium to pay their last respect to Gauri, rains washing away their tears.
As the body was laid to rest in the Lingayat burial ground in the crematorium, slogans like 'Gauri Lankesh Amar Rahe' and 'Gauri Lankesh Zindabad' filled the air.

The rains could not dampen people's respect for 55-year- old Gauri, known for her strident left-leaning and anti-right wing stand.
She was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants from close range at her residence here last evening.
The killing has drawn widespread condemnation.