India, Oct. 31 -- A sessions court on Friday handed out death penalty to five persons convicted of murdering Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha and her husband.

The couple were killed inside a municipal corporation office in 2015, PTI quoted an official as saying.

The court pronounced capital punishment for the accused Chandrasekhar, GS Venkatachalapathi, Jayaprakash Reddy, Manjunath and Venkatesh.

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