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The Supreme Court connected Friday (September 26, 2025) directed the Chhattisgarh Police to sphere the assemblage of apical Maoist commandant Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed successful an alleged fake brushwood successful Narayanpur district.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A.G. Masih said the assemblage shall not beryllium buried oregon cremated till the plea alleging fake brushwood and torture is decided by the High Court.
"Till specified clip the precocious tribunal decides the petition, the assemblage shall not beryllium cremated/buried," the Bench directed arsenic it requested the High Court to instrumentality up the plea upon reopening aft Durga Puja vacation.
The Bench said it is leaving each contentions unfastened and is not expressing immoderate sentiment connected merit.
Senior Advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for petitioner Raja Chandra, submitted that his begetter was allegedly tortured and killed successful a fake brushwood and the constabulary are trying to dispose of the body.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the authorities police, said that 2 persons were killed successful an brushwood and the begetter of the petitioner carried a bounty of ₹7 crore placed by 7 States.
He informed the Bench that the assemblage of 1 Maoist killed successful the aforesaid brushwood was fixed to his household and cremated portion the assemblage of the petitioner's begetter was successful hospital.
Solicitor General Mehta said the postmortem was done nether video signaling and nary malafide tin beryllium attributed to the police.
The Bench noted that prayers successful the petition is probe of alleged fake brushwood by an autarkic bureau preferably by CBI not comprising officers from Chhattisgarh and a caller postmortem.
It besides noted that the petitioner had approached the High Court but the substance could not beryllium listed urgently arsenic it was to spell connected a interruption and truthful helium approached the Supreme Court.
The Bench disposed of the petition with the directions.
The plea, filed done advocator Satya Mitra, said it expresses concerns implicit the alleged fake brushwood and sidesplitting of the petitioner's father, Katha Ramchandra Reddy.
The petitioner Raja Chandra, who has been a researcher astatine NALSAR University of Law astatine Hyderabad and sought directions to the Chhattisgarh Government to sphere the assemblage of his begetter successful a authorities morgue, to behaviour postmortem, and to nonstop the CBI to analyse the death/murder of his begetter done officers from extracurricular the State of Chhattisgarh.
Both Katha Ramchandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy were killed successful the brushwood connected September 22.
