Lifer to politician for gunning down rival

Madikeri, Karnataka, Aug 3 (UNI) A local politician was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering then Kushalnagar Youth Congress President Shanmuga in 1994.

Kodagu District and Sessions Judge Venkatesh sentenced Mavoji Ganesh of Kushalnagar, the main accused in the case, to life imprisonment, while sentencing seven other accused -- Jeevan, Chidanand, Dinesh, Mahesh, Achaiah, Prasanna and Damodar -- to four years imprisonment.

The prosecution case was that a 17-member group, coming in a car, had gunned down Shanmuga, who succumbed to injuries.

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