Nand Kumar Patel Politician
Nand Kumar Patel (8 November 1953 – 25 May 2013) was an Indian National Congress politician from the Chhattisgarh. He won the legislative election from the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row (1990, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008). He was a cabinet minister in the state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. He was kidnapped and killed by Naxalites during the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley.On 25 May 2013, several Congress leaders were killed in a Naxalite attack on a Congress convoy. At first, Naxalites kidnapped Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh, keeping up the hopes of their coming back alive. However, their bullet-ridden bodies were found in the Jiram valley in the Bastar district the next day.On the 27 May, the Naxalites claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing a statement which called it a punishment for atrocities committed by the Salwa Judum (the counter-Naxalite paramilitary forces in the Bastar area) and that it was originally targeted at its leader, Mahendra Karma.
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| office | First Home minister of Chhattisgarh President Chhatisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee |
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