Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy informed that unidentified persons shot her from close range at around 8 PM on Tuesday, when she got down form her car at her residence. He has said three teams comprising of senior police officer are formed to investigate the crime. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has expressed shock at the murder and assured that proper probe will be conducted.

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore took to twitter to denounce the incident. Condemning all acts of violence against journalists, Mr. Rathore said, this is a heinous murder.

According to reports the killing of senior journalist known for her out spoken views, is being compared with the murder of rationalist, liberal thinkers, MM Kulburgi, Pansare and Dabholkar in recent years. Several associations of writers and journalists are holding protest in the state on Wednesday demanding immediate arrest of the perpetrators of crime. Police team appointed to investigate the crime are looking into CCTV footage to identify the suspects.