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A Special NIA Court at Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district convicted all ten surviving accused in the 2013 Jhiram Ghati massacre on 5 September 2026, nearly 13 years after the attack.
Special Judge Abhay Singh Rajput found them guilty under the Indian Penal Code, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Arms Act; the order on sentence was reserved for 16 September.
The attack of 25 May 2013 ambushed a Congress 'Parivartan Rally' convoy in Jhiram Valley under Darbha police station limits, killing 29 people including senior state leaders.
Statements of 101 witnesses were recorded during the trial; two of the ten convicts are women.
Salwa Judum, a controversial anti-Maoist civilian mobilisation, emerges in Chhattisgarh; Congress leader Mahendra Karma is among its prominent faces
The Supreme Court restrains the state from arming tribal youth as Special Police Officers for counter-insurgency operations
Jhiram Ghati massacre - Maoists ambush the Parivartan Rally convoy in Bastar, killing 29
Security forces deepen the 'Clear, Hold and Develop' approach - securing territory, then extending roads, telecom and public services
Special NIA Court, Jagdalpur convicts all ten accused
Date fixed for the order on quantum of sentence
India's principal anti-terror statute; it allows designation of terrorist organisations and individuals, and cases under it in LWE-affected areas are tried by Special NIA Courts.
Creates the NIA and provides for Special Courts to try scheduled offences - the forum in which the Jagdalpur verdict was delivered.
Governs acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition; invoked alongside the IPC and UAPA against the accused.
Central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency, constituted under the NIA Act, 2008 after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks; investigates scheduled offences across states without needing state consent
Designated Special Court under the NIA Act for scheduled offences in the Bastar region; delivered the Jhiram Ghati verdict
Jhiram Valley lies under Darbha police station limits in Bastar district of southern Chhattisgarh, on the national highway between Sukma and Jagdalpur. Bastar sits in the forested Dandakaranya belt where Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra meet.
GS Paper 3 > Internal Security > Linkages between development and spread of extremism; Role of external state and non-state actors; GS Paper 2 > Governance in conflict-affected and tribal regions
General Awareness > Current Affairs and Indian Polity
The counter-insurgency doctrine of entering a stronghold, holding the territory with permanent presence, and then extending roads, telecom and public services.
The 2005 civilian anti-Maoist mobilisation in Chhattisgarh, curbed by the Supreme Court in 2011 for arming tribal youth as Special Police Officers.
A court designated under the NIA Act, 2008 to try scheduled offences, including UAPA cases.
The forested plateau region spanning Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, historically the core of the Maoist insurgency.