Koppal (Karnataka) | Six convicts in the 2025 murder case of BJP leader Venkatesh Kurubara have been sentenced to death by the First Additional District and Sessions Court here, Police said on Thursday.

Ravi, Vijay alias Mailari, Dhanraja, Bhima alias Bharat, Salim, and Gangadhar Gowli were sentenced by Judge Sadanand Nagappa Nayak on Thursday, police said.

"The FIR was registered on 8-10-2025. Within two months, a charge sheet was filed against eleven people. The Court today announced the quantum of punishment; six people have been sentenced to the death penalty. Police put significant effort into this case, and arrests were also very challenging," Koppal SP Ram L Arasiddi told reporters.

On the night of October 8, 2025, miscreants in a car rammed the bike of Kurubara, the BJP Yuva Morcha Gangavathi city unit chief, causing him to fall. He was then attacked with machetes and iron rods and murdered.

Personal rivalry was the reason behind the murder, according to officials.

After hearing arguments and examining numerous witnesses over a period since the case reached the court, the judge announced the quantum of punishment on Thursday, officials said.

The SP said that most of the convicts had several other cases against them.