Jhiram Valley Massacre: Maoists Planned Ambush Months in Advance, Rehearsed Attack, Court Order Reveals
The court said the 2013 attack was premeditated and killed 27 people, including senior Congress leaders, making life imprisonment inadequate.
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Jhiram Valley massacre: Maoists planned ambush months in advance, rehearsed attack, court order reveals
The court order, which sentenced the 10 surviving convicts to death, reconstructs the deadly assault using the NIA’s investigation and testimonies from survivors, injured personnel, and eyewitnesses.
Jhiram Valley Maoist attack case ‘rarest of rare': court order
According to the September 16 verdict, the conspiracy behind the attack was finalised during a meeting of the South Regional Unified Command [of the Communist Party of India (Maoist)] held between February 16-25 in 2013
Court order in Jhiram Valley case cites chilling details of Maoist planning unravelled by NIA probe
Raipur, Sep 18 (PTI) Maoists planned the deadly 2013 Jhiram Valley attack in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region around three months in advance, surveyed the Sukma-Jagdalpur highway, selected the ambush site and conducted a rehearsal days before striking, the National Investigation Agency probe has revealed. The probe details into the May 25, 2013 attack are contained in […]
‘Verdict not the end’: Chhattisgarh's Jhiram victims’ kin seek SIT, probe into surrendered top Maoists
Ten Maoists have been sentenced to death in connection to the devastating Jhiram Valley ambush that took place thirteen years prior. Grieving families are thankful for the ruling but continue to call for a broader investigation, asserting that only the lower members have faced justice while orchestrators elude repercussions. Survivors remember the events of that day with skepticism regarding the safety precautions.
The NIA investigation has revealed that Maoists had planned the deadly 2013 Jhiram Valley attack in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region nearly three months in advance and had carried out a recce of the Sukma-Jagdalpur highway, identified ambush sites and even practised it a few days before the attack.
Jagdalpur. After 13 years, the court has given an important verdict in the much-talked-about Jhiram Valley massacre case of Chhattisgarh. The special NIA court of Jagdalpur has sentenced 10 accused convicted in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack case to death. Earlier, on September 5, 2026, the court had sentenced all 10 accused […]
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