NIA court sentences all 10 convicts to death in 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack case

A special NIA court has delivered a severe sentence to ten Maoists, condemning them to death for their role in the notorious 2013 Jhiram Ghati ambush, which claimed the lives of 27 individuals, among them senior Congress politicians and police officers. The ambush specifically targeted a Congress convoy in Bastar's Darbha region.

Jagdalpur, September 16, 2026: A special NIA court in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Wednesday handed down the death penalty to all 10 convicts in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack case, in which 29 people, including senior Congress leaders, were killed.The special judge in Jagdalpur had convicted the 10 accused, including two women, on September 5 and reserved the order on the quantum of punishment for September 16, an NIA counsel said."The court has awarded the death penalty to all 10 convicts," he said.Maoist Ambush In Jhiram ValleyMaoists ambushed the Congress' 'Parivartan Rally' ahead of the state assembly elections on the national highway in Jhiram Valley on May 25, 2013.As many as 29 people, including Congress leaders, civilians and security personnel, were killed and more than 30 others injured.Those killed included then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, former Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Mahendra Karma, former Union minister Vidya Charan Shukla, and senior Congress leader and former MLA Uday Mudliyar.Also Watch: Mumbai: Special NIA Court Allows UAPA Charge Against Sharjeel Shaikh Over Alleged Terror Funding For ISIS-Linked OrganisationNIA Probe OrderedThe then Raman Singh-led BJP government handed over the probe to the NIA within two days of the attack. The state government also constituted a judicial commission headed by then Chhattisgarh High Court judge Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra to probe the incident.(Disclaimer: Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)