India news is not eager to give Chhattisgarh police the body of Basavaraju to the family

New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Police is not eager to hand over the body of Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju, general secretary of the CPI (MAOIST) allegedly killed – was killed in an encounter last week in Narayanpur in the state – a public funeral for him, a public funeral, a public funeral, which leaves a public last rites, the murder of the hundreds of security personnel, and the misdemeanors.Sources in the Chhattisgarh police said that Basavaraju has survived its original place in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh by his stepmother and brothers. His brother and some cousin have contacted the Chhattisgarh Police for the last few days to claim their bodies to perform the last rites in Andhra Pradesh. The Chhattisgarh Police is verifying the claims and considering all aspects before taking the final call, TOI has learned.Senior officials indicated that the Chhattisgarh Police may take a Q from Jammu and Kashmir, where, as per standard exercises since 2019, the bodies of terrorists killed in encounters with security forces are not handed over to their families, but only a few immediately placed to rest by the police on burial basis nominated in the presence of family members. It is in the last trend of massive public functions in the funerals of terrorists held in its original villages, which made them a possible basis for the fanaticism and recruitment of local terrorists.“We can find a middle ground and allow relatives to claim Basavaraju’s body to attend the funeral to be held by the police at a safe place, away from the public’s eyes.A police officer said that out of the 27 Maoists killed in the Narayanpur operation, more than a dozen bodies have been handed over to their families in Chhattisgarh, not as consultants to do the same for a leader of Basavaraju stature. “Basavaraju probably had no contact with his family in Andhra Pradesh for four decades, looking at his recurrent nature and ninja-type movements. Interestingly, his body has not issued a public appeal to any relatives claiming this or spoke to the media in the past, condemning his cooperation with CPI (Maoist).Even when the police were encountered, they displaced Basavaraju and removed themselves in their violent ways, “the official said.Another official told TOI that Basavaraju’s relatives may have been secretly preferred by Maoists to claim their bodies, with their devious motives to use their public funeral to immortalize them as a “Maoist hero” and to promote the support and sympathy among the public for leftist extremists.