Naxals kill Cong leaders; V.C. Shukla critical

May 26, 2013 - Rabindra Nath Choudhury |

Age Correspondent

Naxals carried out a barbaric and audacious attack in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, killing at least three senior Congress leaders, including former state home minister Mahendra Karma and 10 security personnel, and grievously wounding former Union minister V.C. Shukla and several others. Chhattisgarh PCC president Nand Kumar Patel and his son were abducted by the Naxals. The Union ministry of home affairs said 17 people had been killed.

Karma was singled out and murdered by the Naxals who also opened fire on the other Congress leaders after their PSOs had been slain and they had surrendered. Karma was supposed to have Z-Plus security, the highest category of protection.
The Naxals ambushed the Congress party convoy at Jarim Ghat, nearly 26 km from Jagdalpur, headquarters of the state’s Bastar district, the police said. “We have received confirmed reports that three Congress leaders — former minister and founder of Salwa Judum Mahendra Karma, former party MLA Uday Mudaliar and senior Bastar Congress leader Gopi Madhwani — were killed in the Naxal attack. At least 10 personal security officers of the Congress leaders were also gunned down.
Those injured included local Congress leader Rajiv Narang. While Mr V.C. Shukla was said to be critical after sustaining three bullet wounds and was being airlifted to a Raipur hospital, Mr Narang was admitted in Jagdalpur’s Maharani Medical College and Hospital.
“Chhattisgarh PCC president Nand Kumar Patel and his son were abducted by the Naxals,” DIG (special intelligence bureau) Deepansu Karba told reporters here.

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