Hemchandra Pandey

• CBI to investigate Maoist Azad's killing

  The encounter killing of Maoist leader Azad in July last year will now be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The Andhra Pradesh government today informed the Supreme Court that it will issue notification for a CBI probe into the killing of Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey. Earlier the Supreme Court expressed displeasure...

• CBI to probe Maoist Azad's killing?

  Senior advocate Harish Salve representing the Andhra Pradesh government told the Supreme Court today that he will persuade the Andhra government to hand over the probe into the killing of top Naxalite leader Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Pandey's wife and Activist Swami A...

• Court to hear petition on Maoist leader Azad's 'fake' encounter

  The Supreme Court will today hear the petition on the alleged fake encounter of top Maoist leader Cherakuri Rajkumar alias Azad and journalist Hemchandra Pandey. The petition was filed by journalist Hemchandra Pandey's wife Vinita Pandey.The two were killed in July 2010 near Mahrashtra-Andhra border by a team of Andhra Pradesh police.While the pol...