HC Asks Kin Of Basavaraju To Approach Cops

The Andhra Pradesh high court on Saturday asked the family members of slain Maoist leader Nambala Keshava Rao alias Basavaraju to approach the Chhattisgarh police authorities and seek custody of his body, as they had agreed to hand over the bodies of all the Maoists killed in May 21 encounter to the relatives after completion of post-mortem examinations.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

A division bench of the high court comprising Justice N Harinath and Justice Y Lakshman Rao also passed a similar order in the case of another Maoist leader, Sajja Venkata Nageswara Rao alias Rajanna, who was also among those killed.

HT has seen a copy of the judgment.

The high court heard two independent petitions filed by Basavaraju's mother Bharatamma and Nageshwara Rao's brother Sajja Srinivasa Rao, requesting that the Chhattisgarh police be directed to hand over the bodies of the slain Maoist leaders for performing the final rites.