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Around 28 people were killed in the attack which included twelve Congress leaders and workers, eight police and CRPF jawans and four other villagers. There was crossfire between Mahendra Karma's guards and the Naxalites, but when his defenders ran out of bullets, Karma surrendered along with various other Congress leaders. Naxalites then asked Congress leaders there to identify him. Karma came forward and identified himself. Naxalites then took him away and beat him. They then stabbed him several times and sprayed him with bullets, and then beat him again about the head with the butts of their guns. They also raised the slogans ''Mahendra Karma Murdabad.''<ref name="ndtv-karma"/><ref name=ie3 /><ref name=dbepaper27052013-2>{{cite news|title=Dainik Bhaskar – epaper|url=http://epaper.bhaskar.com/raipur/116/27052013/mpcg/1/|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar|date=27 May 2013|page=1|language=hi}}</ref> [[Autopsy]] revealed that 78 stab wounds were found on his body, which were made with a blunt object.<ref name=FP31m /> | Around 28 people were killed in the attack which included twelve Congress leaders and workers, eight police and CRPF jawans and four other villagers. There was crossfire between Mahendra Karma's guards and the Naxalites, but when his defenders ran out of bullets, Karma surrendered along with various other Congress leaders. Naxalites then asked Congress leaders there to identify him. Karma came forward and identified himself. Naxalites then took him away and beat him. They then stabbed him several times and sprayed him with bullets, and then beat him again about the head with the butts of their guns. They also raised the slogans ''Mahendra Karma Murdabad.''<ref name="ndtv-karma"/><ref name=ie3 /><ref name=dbepaper27052013-2>{{cite news|title=Dainik Bhaskar – epaper|url=http://epaper.bhaskar.com/raipur/116/27052013/mpcg/1/|access-date=27 May 2013|newspaper=Dainik Bhaskar|date=27 May 2013|page=1|language=hi}}</ref> [[Autopsy]] revealed that 78 stab wounds were found on his body, which were made with a blunt object.<ref name=FP31m /> | ||
MLA Uday | MLA [[Uday Mudliyar]], former [[Member of Parliament|MP]] and Gopal Madhavan were among the others killed in the gun fire. Vidya Charan Shukla sustained three bullets wounds, and was among several others who were critically injured. He died on 11 June 2013 after being treated at [[Medanta]] Medicity Hospital [[Gurgaon]].<ref name=v>{{cite news|title=Veteran Congress leader Vidya Charan Shukla dies of bullet wounds|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/veteran-congress-leader-vidya-charan-shukla-dies-of-bullet-wounds/1127694/|access-date=19 June 2013|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=11 June 2013}}</ref> Nand Kumar and Dinesh jumped out of the car; the two were found dead a day later.<ref name="HT_killed">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh-Congress-chief-Nand-Kumar-Patel-killed-by-Maoists/Article1-1066128.aspx |title=Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel killed by Maoists |author=Ejaz Kaiser |access-date=26 May 2013 |date=26 May 2013 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526220316/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chhattisgarh/Chhattisgarh-Congress-chief-Nand-Kumar-Patel-killed-by-Maoists/Article1-1066128.aspx |archive-date=26 May 2013 }}</ref> Following the attack, the Naxals abducted Patel, his son and few other leaders. Around 6 pm, they asked others to leave except Patel and his son. Their bodies were later recovered from the forest at the ambush site. Autopsy revealed that Dinesh Patel had an axe injury on his head and it led to his death. Nandkumar Patel was also stabbed multiple times and there were also bullet wounds.<ref name="ToI-Attack"/> At least ten security personnel, all of them personal security officers of Congress leaders, were also gunned down.<ref name=tribune1>{{cite news|title=Red terror in Bastar; 17 dead|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130526/main2.htm|access-date=26 May 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=26 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=FP31m /><ref name="DeccanCh-Major"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Primer {{!}} Who are the Naxals and how they function?|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/primer-who-are-the-naxals-and-how-they-function-113052700632_1.html|access-date=29 May 2013|newspaper=Business Standard|date=29 May 2013}}</ref> | ||
According to eyewitnesses, Vidya Charan Shukla's Personal Security Officer, Prafulla Shukla, shot himself with the last bullet he was left with after the shootout, apologising and regretting that he could not protect him.<ref name=ie3 /> | According to eyewitnesses, Vidya Charan Shukla's Personal Security Officer, Prafulla Shukla, shot himself with the last bullet he was left with after the shootout, apologising and regretting that he could not protect him.<ref name=ie3 /> | ||