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‘Moddu Srinu’ gets 7-year RI

HYDERABAD: A local court on Tuesday sentenced Julakanti Srinivas Reddy alias Moddu Srinu to seven-year rigorous imprisonment, in a case pertaining to the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act.

Reddy, who was allegedly involved in several murders and went into hiding after “gunning down” Telugu Desam MLA Paritala Ravindra, was caught in a lodge at Chandanagar having sustained injuries when a bomb he was making went off on November 17, 2005.

A revolver and some explosive material were seized from the lodge room.

Subsequently, Reddy’s six other associates with whom he allegedly conspired to kill an advocate Venkat Reddy were also arrested. While all of them were charged with criminal conspiracy, a separate case under the Explosive Substances Act and the Arms Act was registered against Reddy since he was found making a bomb and possessed the revolver. He was also accused of impersonation because he checked into the lodge with a fictitious name.

As the witnesses turned hostile, the prosecution failed to prove the charges of criminal conspiracy against all the accused and that of impersonation against Reddy. Based on the material evidence collected from the scene, the court held Reddy guilty for making the bomb and possessing the firearm illegally.

From clashes during college days to alleged involvement in the murder of Telugu Desam MLA Paritala Ravindra, Reddy’s name was heard in several sensational crimes.

Hailing from Challagonda village near Narsaraopet of Guntur district, Reddy allegedly hacked to death a wine shop owner Bhaskar Reddy in Narsaroapet in March 2003.

Reddy’s name figured in the killing of a surrendered naxalite K.Venkat Reddy, whose bullet-ridden body was found in Hayathnagar police limits in December last. His alleged involvement in this murder came to light after he created a sensation with his candid interview to a TV channel admitting to the killing of Paritala Ravi.

Earlier, he allegedly shot dead a Telugu Desam leader Tagarakunta Prabhakar in Anantapur town.

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