The Andhra Pradesh Government on Wednesday submitted to Hyderabad High Court the ‘re-postmortem' reports in sealed cover of six persons out of the 20 people who were killed in police firing in Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district on April 7.
A division bench of Chief Justice Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar posted the matter to April 24 after they were informed that the FSl report pertaining to firearms used by police in the incident was still awaited. Additional Advocate General D Srinivas said that the report on viscera of the 20 people is still awaited.
The State Government had on Monday submitted to the High Court the first postmortem report of the 20 people killed in the firing. The 're-postmortem' was sought by the family members of the six persons (out of the 20 people killed) who alleged that the firing incident was a "brutal and planned murder" by the Special Task Force of AP Police.