BENGALURU: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) has started its probe into the murder of journalist- activist Gauri Lankesh with the Karnataka government saying today it was hopeful of nabbing the assailants "as soon as possible. They may have some prima facie evidence, but they have the prerogative of not making it public. "He said police are screening footage of the seized CCTV which was fixed at the location where the 55-year-old outspoken journalist was gunned down.Asked if there was any political compulsion for deciding against a CBI probe into the murder of Gauri Lankesh, Reddy said, "Who said this? If we feel the case is needed to be probed by CBI, we will hand over the case to it. "The Kalburgi case has come to a certain stage, but we still need to gather evidence.

Source: Times of India September 07, 2017 12:58 UTC