6 bullet wounds,2 splinter injuries

Kishenjis body was identified by his niece,M Deepika,who was accompanied by revolutionary poet P Vara Vara Rao. The body was later sent to Hyderabad by flight.

Speaking to mediapersons later,Deepika said: I identified his body. I last saw him in 1995 when I was a little girl,but I have seen his photographs and I could identify him as he has similarities with my grandfather and brother.

There are distinct signs of torture on Kishenjis body. He had been severely tortured before being shot, claimed Vara Vara Rao.

In the last 43 years,I have seen several bodies of rebels who were killed in encounters,but this is the worst one. There is no place on the body where there is no injury mark. They kept him in custody for 24 hours before killing him. Before shooting him,they cut his jaw8230; his brain came out from the skull, he added.

Stating that it should be considered as a murder case,Rao demanded capital punishment for those who have killed Kishenji. He added that the state and central governments are also involved in the conspiracy. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has cheated him and killed him, he said.

Meanwhile,the Coordination Committee of Democratic Rights Organisations issued a statement condemning Kishenjis killing.