Gauri Lankesh

It, however, said the trial court shall expeditiously conduct the trial and all the parties shall cooperate

Lankesh, a left-leaning journalist, was shot dead on September 5, 2017 outside her house

The Mazgaon court had also issued summon to Sitaram Yechury for questioning in connection with the case

The filmmaker, who is currently busy wrapping up the "Shakeela" biopic, says till the investigation is over in the murder case, he will refrain from making any comments

The SIT,a source said, suspected three more people were present when Lankesh was shot dead at the entrance of her Bengaluru residence on September 5 last year

Earlier on 5 June, Gauri Lankesh's brother Indrajit Lankesh demanded a 360-degree investigation in connection to his sister's murder case

Yameen Rasheed from The Daily Panic in Maldives is the other South Asian journalist honoured at the event

Lankesh was gunned down by unidentified assailants at her residence on Tuesday

Last year she was convicted of defamation for an article against a state BJP MP

Last year she was convicted of defamation of two state BJP leaders but she got bail