Sanjay Kumar Yadav, convicted of killing nine persons of a family and dumping their bodies in a well at Telangana’s Warangal district, was awarded the death sentence on Wednesday by the First Additional District Sessions Judge, Warangal, K Jayakumar. The police had said that the man carried out nine murders to cover up the killing of a woman related to the family.
The Warangal police had arrested the 24-year-old on 25 May, four days after the nine bodies were recovered from the well. The police had filed a 475-page chargesheet and lined up 67 witnesses to prove their case against the accused. The court completed the trial within 36 days after receiving the chargesheet, reported Telangana Today. The accused can however, approach the high court to challenge the death penalty.