Bodies of all slain Maoists handed over to families: police

The bodies of nine Maoists who were among those killed in the encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district last week were handed over to their relatives this afternoon, Telangana police said.
Ten Maoists including seven women were killed in the encounter with Greyhounds, the special anti-Naxal force of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, near Pujari Kanker in Bijapur district on March 2.
One Greyhounds personnel was also killed in the encounter.
Nine unclaimed bodies had been kept in the mortuary at Government Area Hospital in Bhadrachalam in Telangana.
Dadaboina Swamy alias Prabhakar, a divisional committee member of the banned CPI (Maoist) and a native of Warangal district, was among the dead Maoists. His family took possession of the body yesterday, police said.

Besides Prabhakar, other Maoists belonged to Chhattisgarh, and Telangana police had shared their photographs with local police of that state.

"Family members of the (remaining nine) Maoists reached the hospital this afternoon. After due identification, all nine bodies were handed over to the kin," Assistant Superintendent of Police (Bhadrachalam) Sunil Dutt told PTI over phone.
"Post-mortem was already done and the bodies were kept at the mortuary," he said.
Telangana police also arranged ambulances to transport the bodies upto the Chhattisgarh border, the ASP said.