Principal District and Sessions Judge Patil Vasanth on Thursday convicted and sentenced Madakam Tula and Podium Nanga, the accused in the gruesome murder of Forest Range Officer (FRO) Challamalla Srinivas Rao at Errabodu, a Gutti Koya habitation, in Chandrugonda mandal on November 22, 2022.
The verdict in the sensational murder case came in less than nine months after an expeditious trial into the sensational case of murder of the FRO at the Forest department’s plantation in Bendalapadu Gram Panchayat limits last year.
The judge awarded life imprisonment to the two accused and imposed a fine of ₹1,000 on them.
