<p><img title="Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/jan/15-Shabana-Javed.jpg" alt="Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar" width="650" height="433" /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar</em></span></strong></p>
<p>Bollywood celebrities, including Javed Akhtar, Azmi Shabana and Nandita Das, have expressed their grief over the death of senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh.</p>
<p>According to reports, three unidentified men from close range shot the 55-year-old outside her home in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru.</p>
<p>Lankesh was the editor of Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada tabloid.</p>
<p>She was the elder daughter of P Lankesh - a man who brought in a new brand of Kannada journalism and was also part of a group that worked for communal harmony.</p>
<p>She had faced opposition and criticism for her alleged Leftist and anti-Hindutva views.</p>
<p>In November 2016, she had been found guilty of defamation in a case involving BJP MP Prahlad Joshi and had been sentenced to six months in jail.</p>
<p>She was out on bail.</p>
<p>Following the news, Akhtar took to his Twitter account and wrote, 'Dhabolkar , Pansare, Kalburgi , and now Gauri Lankesh . If one kind of people are getting killed which kind of people are the killers.'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dhabolkar , Pansare, Kalburgi , and now Gauri Lankesh . If one kind of people are getting killed which kind of people are the killers .</p>
&mdash; Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) <a href="https://twitter.com/Javedakhtarjadu/status/905110045066534912">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Urging punishment for the culprits, Azmi wrote on her Twitter handle, '#Gauri Lankesh shot dead outside her home.Shocking Devastating. Dabholkar Pansare Kalburgi Culprits must be punished.'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crowd gathered outside Gauri Lankesh's house. <a href="https://t.co/4bQaTxyzTx">pic.twitter.com/4bQaTxyzTx</a></p>
&mdash; Bengaluru Connect (@BloreConnect) <a href="https://twitter.com/BloreConnect/status/905106766769266688">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Filmmaker and social activist Ashoke Pandit also posted, 'Please do not forget to get your awards if U have any.#SelectiveActivism #RIPGauriLankesh'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sir You are right. All <a href="https://twitter.com/INCIndia">@INCIndia</a> ruled states is suffering form this menace of insecurity.So many were killed before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauiLankesh?src=hash">#GauiLankesh</a> also. <a href="https://t.co/XiIqcgGbCS">https://t.co/XiIqcgGbCS</a></p>
&mdash; Ashoke Pandit (@ashokepandit) <a href="https://twitter.com/ashokepandit/status/905279343991164928">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Actress Nandita Das, who was one of the admirers of the late journalist, also tweeted her condolences on Lankesh's death and wrote, 'Shocked &amp; devastated...A person I knew &amp; admired. In recent times we have seen a sharp decline in human rights, free speech, civil liberties.'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Retweeted Preeti Sharma Menon (<a href="https://twitter.com/PreetiSMenon">@PreetiSMenon</a>):<br /><br />Mumbai is gathering tomorrow to protest Gauri Lankesh's brutal... <a href="https://t.co/MjqOczaNmn">https://t.co/MjqOczaNmn</a></p>
&mdash; Nandita Das (@nanditadas) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanditadas/status/905132863066177538">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Filmmaker Shirish Kunder wrote, 'When "intellectual" becomes an abuse, words are replied with bullets. RIP #GauriLankesh.'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">When "intellectual" becomes an abuse, words are replied with bullets.<br /><br />RIP <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a>.</p>
&mdash; Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/905114366030184449">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Co-Producer of T-Series Films Priya Gupta shared, '?A dissenting voice is the backbone of a Democracy. Murder of #GauriLankesh is a shame &amp; a crime. Handover her case to #CBI.'</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A dissenting voice is the backbone of a Democracy. Murder of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GauriLankesh?src=hash">#GauriLankesh</a> is a shame &amp; a crime. Handover her case to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBI?src=hash">#CBI</a>. <a href="https://t.co/TRnYvtbRo7">pic.twitter.com/TRnYvtbRo7</a></p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">&mdash; Priya Gupta (@priyagupta999) <a href="https://twitter.com/priyagupta999/status/905119255066181634">September 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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