Gauri Lankesh case: MCC demands Pradeep Khemka's arrest

The Marxist Coordination Committee staged a protest at Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad district to demand an arrest of industrialist Pradeep Khemka who according to MCC, is protecting Gauri Lankesh's killer Rajesh Devdikar in Katras and is also involved in the massacre.

Dhanbad: The Marxist Coordination Committee staged a one-day sit-in at Randhir Verma Chowk in Dhanbad district to demand the arrest of industrialist Pradeep Khemka.

The protesting leaders said that industrialist Pradeep Khemka, who gave protection to Gauri Lankesh's killer Rajesh Devdikar in Katras, is also associated with the Hinduist Sanatan Sangathan. Therefore, he is also involved somewhere in the massacre.

Central General Secretary of the Marxist Coordination Committee Haladhar Mahato said that police should immediately arrest Pradeep Khemka, who protected the assassins of journalists Gauri Lankesh, Narendra Dabholkar, Govind Panser and MM Kul Vergi.

Haladhar Mahato stated that the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren should talk to the Karnataka government and take legal action against Pradeep Khemka.

He also claimed that Rajesh Devdikar, the killer of Gauri Lankesh, had been hiding in Katras for the last 15 months.

He was working at a petrol pump in Katras. The owner of this petrol pump is Pradeep Khemka, whose arrest is being demanded, he added.