BANGALORE: The Naxal issue in Karnataka has divided siblings associated with the Kannada weekly, Lankesh Patrike. Editor Gauri Lankesh and her brother Indrajit, who is the paper's proprietor and publisher, levelled allegations against each other on Tuesday. Gauri also indicated that she would snap ties with the weekly and launch a new one. Addressing separate news conferences, they lashed out at each other to "protect the 25-year-old publication's ideology." While Gauri claimed her social activism was not accepted by her brother, Indrajit countered saying his sister's pro-Naxal stand was coming in the way of the paper's ideology. Gauri said differences between her and Indrajit have been brewing for the past five years. "Though I'm a part of Citizens' Initiative for Peace, I am not promoting Naxalism. Even when I published an interview of Saketh Rajan, it was a factual report, and did not have an element of glorification." Matters reached a head on Sunday when a report on the Naxal attack on policemen, approved by Gauri, was withdrawn by Indrajit. On Monday, while Indrajit filed a police complaint about a missing computer, printer and scanner, Gauri filed a counter complaint alleging that her brother had threatened her with a revolver. Indrajit maintained the tone of the report was in favour of Naxals who had killed seven policemen. According to him, Gauri continues to be editor, and he is willing to talk. "Her pro-Naxal stand is in violation of our paper's ideology."

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