Andhra Pradesh: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment for 2013 murder

Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 13 A court in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district has sentenced seven men to life imprisonment for the brutal killing of a person named Kagita Rammohan Rao more than a decade ago.

Rao was hacked to death and then dragged to a temple at Buddalapalem Gollagudem village in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district in 2013.

In total, nine accused were charged under Sections 147, 148, and 302 r/w 149 of the IPC for the murder, of which two died during the trial.

The investigation was led by Machilipatnam Rural Circle Inspector A Pallapuraju.

The remaining seven accused were found guilty during the trial, and on Thursday, District Sessions Judge G. Gopi sentenced them to life imprisonment.