21 get life term for killing Dalit woman 14 years ago

TUMAKURU : A local court here on Thursday sentenced 21 people, including two women, to life imprisonment for murdering a Dalit woman 14 years ago.

Judge Nageereddy also ordered them to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each. They murdered ‘Dhaba’ Honnamma, 45, at Gopalapura village in Chikkanayakanahalli taluk on June 28, 2010. The convicted are Ranganath GS, Majula, Raju alias Devaraju, Srinivasa, Swamy alias Anandaswamy, Venkataswamy, Venkatesh, Nagaraju, Rajappa alias Ramaiah, Meese Hanumanthaiah, Gangadhara alias Ganganna, Satyappa alias Satisha, Nanjundaiah, Chandrashekar alias Chandraiah, Ranganna alias Ramaiah, Umesha, Bulle Hanumanthaiah, Channamma alias Chinnamma, Jayanna alias Jayakumar alias Narasingaiah, KG Manju and Swamy. Six of the accused died when the trial was on.