Belagavi: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has seized a Maruti Omni van from Belagavi, which was allegedly used at the time of plotting the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh.
The team is yet to recover the Maharashtra registered bike, which was used by the shooter and his partner in crime to escape after committing the crime in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on September 5, 2017.
The duo Parashuram Waghmare, the accused shooter and Ganesh Miskin, the rider of the bike rushed to the NICE Road underpass soon after the crime and met suspects Amit Baddi and Bharath Kurne, who were waiting with the Omni van. They changed their clothes and left to an acupuncture clinic at Kumbalgodu owned by another accused Mohan Naik, the SIT sources said.
The six key players including Amol Kale teamed up at a property belonging to Bharath Kurne and celebrated her death. They used to practice their firing drills here revealed Special Investigation Team officials.