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PIL against joint forces KOLKATA, 20 AUG: The personnel of the joint forces had no other option but to carry away the corpses of the Maoists in a hog-tied manner, advocate general, Mr Balai Roy submitted before the Division Bench of Mr JN Patel, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya of Calcutta High Court today, in connection with a Public Interest Litigation seeking to know the state government's stand on the way the dead bodies of some Maoists were removed following the encounter in the Ranjha jungle.Separately, the HC has sought to know from the government what steps have been taken against police officer Mr Debasis Chakraborty, who had been accused of molestation in …