Overview
- The Chittoor VI Additional District Sessions Court issued death sentences to S. Chandrasekhar, G.S. Venkatachalapathi, Jayaprakash Reddy, Manjunath, and Muniratnam Venkatesh for the double murder.
- Judge N. Srinivasa Rao cited the brutality and premeditated nature of the crime in designating it one of the 'rarest of rare' cases.
- Prosecutors said assailants wearing burqas entered the municipal office on November 17, 2015, shot Mayor Katari Anuradha in her chamber, and fatally stabbed her husband Katari Mohan.
- Investigators traced the motive to a long-standing family dispute and identified Chandrasekhar as the principal conspirator.
- Police maintained tight security for the verdict as the convicts were returned to prison under escort, and a family member welcomed the judgment.