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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.