After much delay and legal hurdles, the trial in the Gauri Lankesh murder case finally began on Friday, almost five years after she was killed on September 5, 2017.
Judge C. M. Joshi, presiding over the Special KCOCA Court, set some ground rules for the trial.
“The trial will be held continuously for weeks. For now, the trial will be held every second week of the month for five days,” Mr. Joshi said, adjourning the case till July 4. The trial in the case will be held from July 4 to July 8, he said.
