Visakhapatnam, April 11 -- YSRCP leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister Gudivada Amarnath has been sentenced to six months of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 by a court.

Gudivada Amarnath undertook a strike unto death in 2016 at the Gandhi statue in Visakhapatnam to press for a Special Railway Zone. As his health deteriorated during this period, the police registered a case against him, treating the incident as an attempted suicide.

A court recently announced its verdict. Amarnath stated that he intends to approach the High Court regarding this verdict.

"The Court has sentenced me to six months in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 in connection with the struggle I waged to secure a Railway Zone for North Andhra. I have the utm...