SP pays floral tributes to slain naxalites
Sunday, December 31, 2006
SP pays floral tributes to slain naxalites
There are marks on the bodies, allege family members of naxalites
VISAKHAPATNAM: When the police force is engaged in a war with naxalites and will not let go a single opportunity to strike at them, Superintendent of Police J.G. Murali made a few to raise their eyebrows by paying floral tributes to the bodies of two CPI (Maoist) leaders killed in an encounter near Jamparlova on Wednesday.
Mr. Murali placed garlands on the bodies of Wadkapur Chandramouli, party's central committee member and a top functionary of its military commission, and his wife and divisional committee member Karuna at the mortuary on the King George Hospital premises here on Friday. Earlier, he spoke to the family members of the two naxalites for quite a while and assured them of extending all help in taking the bodies to their native village in Karimnagar.
Asked the reason for his action, Mr. Murali told The Hindu : "It is a humanitarian gesture. One must be broad-mined."
Mr. Murali said that when Chandramouli's brothers and Karuna's brother-in-law wanted the bodies to be handed over to them, the police had taken a letter from them with the request mentioned in it.
He blamed Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLC) and Virasam for painting the encounter as fake and alleged that they were inciting naxalites' families.
The two bodies were brought to the mortuary here after post-mortem was performed at Narsipatnam in compliance with the High Court direction.
The bodies were handed over to them after receiving permission from the High Court which heard a petition filed by the APCLC seeking investigation on the injuries found on the bodies of the slain naxalites.
APCLC district secretary Balakrishna alleged that the police wanted Chandramouli's brothers and Karuna's brother-in-law to sign a letter after which only the post-mortem and inquest reports would be sent to them by post.
The kin of naxalites' leaders alleged that there were marks on the hands of the two having been tied with a rope.
Weapons displayed
Earlier, at a press conference where the police displayed the weapons, ammunition and other material seized from the sites of Wednesday's two encounters, Mr. Murali denied that letters stating that there were no injuries on the bodies and that the killed persons were terrorists were forcibly obtained from the kin of the naxals.
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