Approach Chhattisgarh police authorities for bodies: Andhra high court to kin of slain Maoists

AMRAVATI: Andhra Pradesh high court on Saturday disposed of two separate petitions filed by the kin of slain Maoist leaders Nambala Keshava Rao and Sajja Venkata Nageswara Rao, seeking a direction to the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh govts, among others, to hand over their bodies so that they can perform the last rites.

HC said the petitioners are open to approach the concerned police authorities of Chhattisgarh to seek custody of the bodies. On a specific enquiry of the court about the status of the postmortem, advocate general of Chhattisgarh submitted that autopsy of all the bodies would be completed by Saturday. The AG also informed HC that after completion of the postmortem, they would be handed over to the relatives.