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- Pritesh Shetty and Kiran Rai received life sentences for the 2019 killing of Karthik Suvarna Merla.
- The victim was the general secretary of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike at the time of his death during a Ganesha festival in Sampya.
- Two other individuals initially charged were not sentenced, as one had been killed in 2022 and another was acquitted.
- The court also ordered the convicted individuals to pay fines, with a portion of the funds designated for the victim's mother.
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Named India · Hindu Jagarana Vedike · Karthik Suvarna Merla · Charanraj Rai · Jayanthi Bhat · Kiran Rai · Pritesh Shetty · Puttur District Sessions Court · Sadananda Nagappa Naik · Steven Monteiro
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