Updated On: 03 October, 2022 07:06 PM IST | Thane | PTI
Speaking at the jubilee celebrations of a book outlet in Thane, he said, `I came to know at the time that I too was on the hitlist of some people after Gauri Lankesh`s death. But as an author, I do not need protection as it curbs my personal freedom.`

Damodar Mauzo. File Pic
Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith award winner and eminent writer Damodar Mauzo on Monday said he too had a threat to his life following the killing of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh but added that "no bullet can put an end to my thoughts".
Mauzo, known from his progressive writing in Konkani and especially his novel `Karmelin`, was given security cover by Goa police in July, 2018 on intelligence inputs of the Union home ministry and the special investigation team probing Lankesh`s death.