Mangalore: Urwa Marigudi Murder - Five from Dandupalya Gang Sentenced to Death
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jan 19: Five persons belonging to the dreaded Dandupalya gang from Bangalore, who were charged with the murder of two persons near Urwa Marigudi in the city in 1997, were awarded death sentence by the 34th special sessions court in Bangalore. The court also imposed fine of Rs 10,000 each on the five accused.
Those who have been sentenced are Dandupalya Krishna, Dodda Hanuma, Venkatesh alias Chandra, Munikrishna, and Nalla Timma. All of them are presently lodged in Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bangalore.
They had been charged with slitting the throats of Louiza D’Mello (80), and her aide, Ranjeet Veigas (19) on the night of October 12, 1997, and taking away valuables worth five lac rupees including gold ornaments and cash.
N Chalapati, the then inspector of Vijayanagar police station in Bangalore, had detected the criminals involved with the double murders, and recovered the stolen ornaments from their possession. The documents were then transferred to Urwa police station here. The then deputy superintendent of police in Mangalore, T C M Sharif, had led the investigation, and filed the charge sheet.
Public prosecutor, Gopinath, had appeared in the case on behalf of the prosecution. The members of Dandupalya gang have already been awarded death sentences in 15 various cases of murders and robberies, and the present sentence is the 16th.