Bengaluru journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home on Tuesday (File photo)

Highlights Hate tweets on Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead in Bengaluru

She published Kannada weekly, was fierce advocate of secularism

Tweets abuse her, some deride her as Naxal sympathizer, "anti-Hindu"

As journalists and activists condemned the shooting of noted Bengaluru reporter Gauri Lankesh , describing it as vendetta for her fearless stand against divisive politics, some on Twitter, who claimed ties to BJP leaders, boiled over with hatred.

Jaisi karni vaisi bharni https://t.co/SXNewq0Tz1 — Ashish Mishra pune (@aashish81us) September 5, 2017

Screenshot from Ashish Mishra's profile on LinkedIn

Screenshot from Nikhil Dadhich's profile on Twitter that shows PM Modi among his followers

Nikhil Dadhich's abusive tweet that was later deleted

Naxal sympathiser and Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar. — Vishweshwar Bhat (@VishweshwarBhat) September 5, 2017

So, Commy Gauri Lankesh has been murdered mercilessly. Your deeds always come back to haunt you, they say. Amen.#Bengaluru#GauriLankesh — Jagrati Shukla (@JagratiShukla29) September 5, 2017

So are the commies going to kill me, just like they allegedly killed #GauriLankesh ? (Gang) Rape threats, death threats...what more you got? https://t.co/vKJKJLeSXZ — Jagrati Shukla (@JagratiShukla29) September 5, 2017