Even as an RDO enquiry is on in the encounter death of Dindigul Pandi, his kin and his second wife were found squabbling over who will get the body.

Pandi’s realtives exchanged heated arguments outside the Government Royapettah hospital where they were gathered this morning.

They were waiting to claim the body after post-mortem. Following this, police officials are debating over to whom should the body be handed over.

It may be recalled that history-sheeter Dindigul Pandi and his associate Velu were on Monday shot dead by police in an encounter after the duo allegedly hurled country-made bombs and opened fire at them. Police said three policemen were injured in the attack which occurred when they intercepted a car in which the two were travelling near Neelankarai on the city outskirts.

Police said they fired in retaliation in which the two were killed. Pandi, a contract killer always armed with deadly weapons, had taken Rs.3 lakh as advance to murder a businessman, Sankaran Diwakar, of K K Nagar in May last. Six of his associates were arrested in connection with that murder.

Apart from nine other murder cases, Pandi was involved in offences such as kidnap for ransom and criminal intimidation in different parts of the State.

Meanwhile Pandi’s sister Bhuvaneshwari has forwarded a petition to Chief Secretary K S Sripathi and DGP Letika Saran alleging she has suspicion over Pandi’s death and also sought action against those responsible for the encounter death of her brother.

In her peition she is said to have demanded that the bullets and guns to be subjected to forensic test by the authorities concerned.

She also alleged that she came to know about his death only after she came across a footage in a private television channel. And the police refused to even show them the body which was earlier kept at a private hospital in Adyar Pandi father’s Narayanan, mother Tamzhilselvi and her sisters Bhuvaneshwari, Chithra and have come to obtain the body to perform last rites at their native district Sivagangai.

Claiming her rights over Pandi’s body, his second wife Thirumani has alleged that Pandi was staying with her since 1995. ‘Pandi often feared that he would be killed in an encounter,’ she said. Meanwhile Velu’s parents too have come to get his body.

The body will be handed over to his relatives after obtaining the RDO report, police said.