10881239 Family members of the convicts outside the NIA special court in Jagdalpur on Wednesday
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court sentenced all ten accused in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati ambush to death. The verdict concludes a 13‑year legal process over the attack that killed 29 security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district.
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Among those killed were then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former Leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union minister Vidya Charan Shukla. Different reports have cited death tolls ranging from 29 to 32, depending on victims who later succumbed to their injuries.
10864484 Former CM Bhupesh Baghel and former minister Kawasi Lakhma pay respects to those killed in the Jhiram Ghati attack on its 10th anniversary in 2023. (File)
