Death threat to top journalist, Delhi Police file case

New Delhi: The Delhi police has registered a case on a complaint by journalist Sagarika Ghose after a Facebook post called her “anti-national” and said that she should be assassinated like Gauri Lankesh, on Thursday. The police has sought details of the IP address from which the post was written. The post was written by one VikramAditya Rana and the police are probing details about his profile.

A post on Facebook read, “Let d shooting of #GauriLankesh serve as example to those antinationals who masquerade as journalists & activists . I hope this is not d last in a should be episode of serial assassinations of all anti nationals . Shobha De ;Arundhati Roy ;Sagarika Ghose ;Kavitha Krishnan ;Shiela Rashid etc at d end of a list that should start with antinational & treacherous  politicians . A hit list be prepared & eliminate all those on d list . At last a ray of hope (sic)...”

After Ghose posted on Twitter about the post, the Delhi police swung into action and registered a case under the relevant sections of the IPC and IT Act, the police said. Lankesh, known as an anti-establishment voice, was shot dead at close range by unknown assailants at her home in Bengaluru on September 5. Assailants had sprayed bullets, with two hitting her in the chest and one on her forehead.