Supreme Court dismisses Chhattisgarh govt.’s plea for panel examining more witnesses in Jheeram naxal attack

On May 25, 2013, naxals had attacked a convoy of Congress leaders in Jheeram valley in Darbha area of Bastar district, killing 29 people, including then State Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former leader of opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union minister Vidyacharan Shukla.