2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist Attack Case: All 10 Convicts Get Death Sentence
The special NIA court said the 2013 Maoist ambush killed 29 people and injured more than 30 others, including senior Congress leaders.
- On Wednesday, a special NIA court in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, sentenced 10 convicts to death for their involvement in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack that killed 29 people.
- Maoists ambushed the Congress 'Parivartan Rally' on May 25, 2013, in Jhiram Valley, killing 29 people and injuring more than 30 others in the attack.
- Prominent victims included then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, former Leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma, and former Union minister Vidya Charan Shukla.
- Following the attack, the Raman Singh-led BJP government handed the investigation to the NIA within two days and constituted a judicial commission headed by Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra.
- Conviction came on September 5, with the special judge in Jagdalpur reserving the death sentence order for Wednesday; an NIA counsel confirmed, "The court has awarded the death penalty to all 10 convicts.
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24 people were killed in 2013 attack by Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state
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