RAIPUR: A day after security forces neutralised fourteen Maoist cadres in an exchange of fire in Chhattisgarh's Gariaband district, their bodies were brought to the state government’s largest healthcare facility, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital, on Wednesday.
A team of 22 doctors and supporting staff will carry out the autopsy.
“There were not enough doctors and forensic experts in Gariaband district. So, the bodies of the Maoists were brought to the state capital, where the necessary health professionals and paramedical staff are available for the autopsies,” an official said.
A forensic expert informed that an autopsy, including an X-ray of each body, usually takes approximately two hours. An X-ray would be initially carried out for each body to ensure there is nothing suspicious inside.
In a significant blow to the outlawed CPI (Maoist), its Central Committee member Jayram Pratap Reddy alias Chalapathi and 13 senior cadres were killed in a gun battle with security forces along the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border in the Mainpur forest of Gariaband, about 160 km east of Raipur.