The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh government to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy , who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district, until the state high court decides a plea seeking an independent probe.

A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A.G. Masih ordered that the body should not be buried or cremated until the high court rules on the petition filed by Reddy’s son, Raja Chandra , who alleged that his father was tortured and killed in police custody. The court further requested the high court to take up the matter soon after reopening post-Dussehra holidays.

Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves , appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the police were attempting to dispose of the body to cover up the alle

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