FIRST-EVER DEATH PENALTY AWARDED IN HISTORY OF RR DISTRICT COURTS

the death sentence of Chandrabhushan Upadhyay, for killing railway top official B.R. Seth and three of his family members, came as a surprise to the police. This is said to be the first -ever such verdict in the 25-year-long history of Ranga Reddy district courts. The brutal manner in which the `trusted' peon Upadhyay slit the throats of Rishab, 7, Kannika, 11, and Prabha, 50, and shot dead B.R. Seth made it a fit case for awarding death penalty, the judge observed.