HC asks Vishakhapatanam police to submit report on Friday
Saturday, December 30, 2006
HC asks Vishakhapatanam police to submit report on Friday
VISAKHAPATNAM: A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice G S Singhvi and Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy on Thursday directed the Visakhapatnam police to produce the entire report relating to the last night's encounter killing of senior Maoist leader V Chandramouli and his wife Kavitha, by 12.30 pm on Friday.
The bench was hearing a writ petition filed by APCLC district secretary V V Balakrishna alleging that the State Government had carried out the killing of the couple in a cold blooded manner.
The petitioner further contended that the couple were arrested in Orissa and were handed over to Andhra Pradesh police a fortnight back. They were killed last night by the police who claimed that they died in an encounter.
The bodies of V Chandramouli and his wife Karuna were brought to the King George Hospital in Vizag after autopsy was conducted on them at Narsipatnam hospital. The corpses will be preserved in KGH till further orders of the High Court and later handed over to couple's relatives.
Meanwhile, balladeer Gadar met Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy at Secretariat and submitted a memorandum demanding judicial probe into the encounter and registering a case of murder against the police officials responsible for the incident.
The Chief Minister assured Gadar that he would ask Director General of Police Swaranjit Sen to issue a statement on the incident.
Gadar alleged that the couple were arrested in Orissa based on the information given by a CPI (Maoist) activist Gopal, who was arrested in that State. They were handed over to Andhra Pradesh police who brought and killed them in Visakhapatnam, Gadar said.
This website's newspaper adds from Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam (rural) SP J G Murali said that the couple came to Panasapalli to commit a 'sensational offence' to avenge the killing of their top leaders.
Speaking to reporters, Murali said that the police intensified search operations near Panasapalli following information that Maoist leaders were holding a meeting. ''The Naxalites opened fire at the police and the latter returned the same in self-defence killing them,'' he said.
The firing lasted for about 20 minutes and when it stopped, the police found two bodies,'' he said.
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