Man gets life for murdering BTech student

Hyderabad: Judge Y. Jayaprasad at the LB Nagar criminal court sentenced a man, Anthati Shekar, to life imprisonment for murdering a BTech student, Maddipatla Divya, with a baseball bat at his house in Vanasthalipuram on September 19, 2010.

Police said Shekar saw messages from another person in the mobile phone of Divya, a native of Kolkata, and murdered her.

Police said Shekar had pre-planned the murder and had invited Divya to his house with an intention to kill her.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Shekar who was shifted to the Cherlapally central prison.