Telangana HC directs re-postmortem of Naxal killed in encounter

The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the State government to conduct a re-post-mortem of Maoist P Linganna who was killed in an encounter with the police near Nandi hillock in the outskirts of Rollagadda village in Bhadadri-Kothagudem district on July 31."On Thursday, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea was moved in the High Court seeking that a case should be registered under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and a fair probe should be carried out on Linganna's death in the encounter," Raghunath, Counsel Petitioner, told ANI over phone.The plea seeks a direction to the government to conduct an autopsy again alleging that it was a 'fake encounter'. However, the government has submitted that it was a genuine encounter and the Naxal was carrying a lethal weapon with him.Raghunath said a two-judge High Court bench comprising of Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Dr Justice Shameem Akther has directed the Telangana government to shift the body from Bhadradri ...