Protests have erupted across the country in wake of the gruesome murder of senior journalist and publisher Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru on Tuesday night. In Delhi, journalists and activists took out a protest march on Wednesday, highlighting that press freedom was being muzzled and scribes are being targeted. They also demanded that the perpetrators be brought to book at the earliest.

However, a video of student activist Shehla Rashid lashing out at a journalist and asking him to leave has gone viral on social media. In the 2.20-minute long clip, the former JNUSU vice-president is heard berating a Republic TV journalist who was pointing a microphone to her.