Bengaluru : Noted Kannada writer and scholar Aravind Malagatti resigned on Sunday from the governing council of Sahitya Akademi, protesting its silence over the recent killing of Kannada rationalist and thinker M M Kalburgi.
“I have sent a letter to the Akademi chairman today (Sunday) resigning as a member of the governing council, as I am disturbed over the continued silence of our institution on Kalburgi’s murder,” Malagatti told local news channels here.
The 77-year-old Kalburgi was shot dead on August 30 by two unidentified assailants at his residence in Dharwad, about 430km from here in the state’s northern region.
No headway has been made despite the Karnataka government announcing a Rs.5 lakh reward on clues leading to the arrest of the killers.
