NIA gets custody of two Maoists in Jiram valley attack case

The National Investigation Agency today got a three-day custody of two suspected Maoists, allegedly involved in the last year's attack on the convoy of Congress leaders in Bastar in Chhattisgarh, from the local court.
NIA team led by the investigating officer P Sanjay produced Jyoti alias Pornima Modiyam, Baijma Sanna, Ayta Markam and Mukka Mandavi, allegedly involved in Jiram valley attack last May in which Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nandkumar Patel and several others were killed, before the court.
Public Prosecutor Ramesh Chandra Pathak and advocate Radha Rajak said the special judge Mahadev Katulkar remanded Jyoti and Baijma in NIA custody for interrogation, while the other two were sent in the judicial remand.

On May 25, 2013, Naxals ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Jiram valley in Bastar region. Thirty-one people including Patel, his son Dinesh, former leader of opposition Mahendra Karma, former Union Minister Vidayacharan Shukla and former MLA Uday Mudliyar were killed.
NIA arrested Jyoti from Bijapur while the other three were apprehended from Tongpal in Sukma district, the prosecution said.
Subsequent to the attack, a special NIA court to hear the cases related to the attack was set at the Bilaspur District and Sessions Court.