Patna, Oct. 7: Two senior jailed CPI(Maoist) leaders have urged the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to allow them to donate their bodies for medical research to a Bengal-based hospital.

The two rebels, Purnendu Shekhar Mukherjee and Varanasi Subramaniam, both central committee members, are lodged in the special central jail in Bhagalpur.

“In letters to jail authorities, they have requested for NHRC approval of their offer to donate their bodies for medical research,” a senior prison department official said.

The officials posted at the Bhagalpur jail said the letters have been forwarded to the inspector-general (prison) to send it to the NHRC.

Maoist held

A CPI(Maoist) activist, Rajendra Yadav, was arrested from Chutia police station area today. Rohtas superintendent of police Manu Maharaj said Yadav was involved in collecting levy and supply of arms to the banned outfit.