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The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Chattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy.

Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for petitioner Raja Chandra, submitted that his father was allegedly tortured and killed in a fake encounter.

Both Katha Ramchandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy were killed in the encounter on September 22.

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Chattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. The court directed that the body shall not be buried or cremated till the plea alleging fake encounter and torture is decided by the high court, PTI reported.

A bench of Justices Dipankar

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