The murder news of senior Kannada journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh has shocked everyone. Shekhar Kapur, Shabana Azmi, and Javed Akhtar have come forward and condemned the death of the journalist.

Read what the celebrities have written on Twitter:

Shabana Azmi: Gauri Lankesh shot dead outside her home. Shocking, devastating. Dabholkar, Pansare (and) Kalburgi culprits must be punished.

Javed Akhtar: Dhabolkar, Pansare, Kalburgi and now Gauri Lankesh. If one kind of people are getting killed which kind of people are the killers. 

Shekhar Kapur: To kill someone for their views is not democracy, its beginnings of a Banana Republic, where violence speaks louder than words.

Renuka Shahane: Another liberal, rational voice snuffed out by 'unidentified assailants'. Gauri Lankesh RIP. Dabholkar, Kalburgi, Pansare. Who killed them?

Farhan Akhtar: Shameful. What kind of society are we becoming? Deepest condolences to the family and hope justice is delivered soon. 

Shirish Kunder: When "intellectual" becomes an abuse, words are replied with bullets.RIP. Gauri Lankesh. 

Ashoke Pandit: Silence of INC (Indian National Congress) India leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Randeep S Surjewala, Manish Tewari on the inhumane killing of Gauri Lankesh is shameful. 

Dia Mirza: This is deeply disturbing. Culprits must be found and punished. Gauri Lankesh.

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