Bengaluru: Psychopath serial killer and rapist B.A. Umesh Reddy on Monday moved the Karnataka High Court to commute his death sentence. The petition has been listed for Tuesday before the division bench headed by Chief Justice S.K. Mukherjee.
He stated that he has been behind bars for over 18-and-a-half years, including 10 years in solitary confinement. He has said that he is suffering from mental illness and is under antipsychotic medicines.
The Supreme Court had reaffirmed his death penalty by dismissing his review petition.
‘Ambedkar statue to be unveiled before December 8’
The state government on Monday submitted before the high court that the statue of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in front of Vidhana Soudha will be unveiled at its designated place before December 8. It is mostly likely on December 6, Dr Ambedkar’s death anniversary. The state made the submissions to a petition alleging that despite the completion of Namma Metro, the statue was yet to be restored.
