Man accused of stabbing Wichita doctor more than 160 times pleads 'not guilty'

Published: Mar. 27, 2019 at 3:57 PM CDT
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The man charged in the September 2017 death of a Wichita doctor, Wednesday entered a "not guilty" plea in Sedgwick County District Court.

Umar Dutt is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Dr. Achutha Reddy.

With the "not guilty" plea, Dutt's case now goes to a jury trial. Wednesday, a Sedgwick County District Court Judge scheduled that trial to begin at 9 a.m. May 28.