In Bastar, tribals preserve body for 23 months as evidence in ‘fake’ encounter
Hindustan TimesRAIPUR: On March 19, 2020 morning, the Chhattisgarh Police said a Maoist was killed by a joint team of security forces out on counter-insurgency patrol in a gunfight deep in Bastar’s Dantewada forest. Badru Mandavi’s wife Podi Mandavi said she hasn’t lost hopes that she will get justice for her husband who was killed in March 2020, allegedly in an encounter with the Chhattisgarh Police in Bastar Tribals in Kirandul’s Gampur village contested the police version that Badru Mandavi was a Maoist, and embalmed the body in the hope that some authority will agree to order an inquiry into Badru Mandvi’s killing. We were not able to reach the high court because of Covid lockdown and pandemic but recently we consulted some people… Soon our petition will be filed,” said Badru’s mother Madvi Marko demanding action against the policemen who killed his son. Badru’s wife Podi Mandavi said she hasn’t lost hopes that she will get justice for her husband.
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