Tirupati: The Tirupati additional senior civil court pronounced its judgment on Thursday in the Alipiri bomb blast case of 2003, sentencing the three accused to four years in prison and fining them Rs 500 each.
Tirupati additional senior civil judge, Mr O. Venkata Nageswar Rao, held the three accused G. Rammohan Reddy, 41, S. Narasimha Reddy, 40, and P. Chandra alias Keshav, 41, guilty.
In October 2003, then Chief Minister Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, who was on his way to Tirumala, was injured in a claymore mine attack by Naxals on his convoy.
During investigation, a chargesheet was filed, naming 33 people as accused in the case including 29 who belonged to the erstwhile People’s War Group Naxals.
In the first trial, four persons, including Ramaswamy Reddy, Nagarjuna, Panduranga Reddy alias Sagar and Kollam Gangi Reddy were pronounced guilty by the court which sentenced them to seven years rigorous imprisonment.
