The Principal District and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced 11 persons to life imprisonment and fined them ₹32,000 each for the murder of Devendra alias Devu in 2016.
Mr. Devendra, 34, a resident of Paduvarahalli in Mysuru, was hacked to death with weapons by a gang in front of Maramma temple in Paduvarahalli early on May 5, 2016.
The Jayalakshmipuram police registered a case and then City Commissioner of Police B. Dayananda ordered that the charges be taken up under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act (KCOCA) on the recommendation of then Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) H.T. Shekar.