Overview
- The First Additional District and Sessions Court in Gangavathi sentenced six men to death Thursday for killing BJP youth leader Venkatesh Kurubara.
- Judge Sadanand Nagappa Nayak named Ravi, Vijay alias Mailari, Dhanraj, Bharat alias Bhima, Saleem Mohammad Rafeeq, and Gangadhara Gouli, and fined each Rs 3 lakh.
- Prosecutors submitted a 927-page chargesheet, and the court heard from 83 witnesses before issuing the sentence.
- Police said the attack grew from a long-running grudge tied to a 2003 case connected to accused Ravi.
- Security ringed the Gangavathi court complex, and officers brought the six to court in two vehicles under guard.