When A Maoist Ambush Wiped Out Chhattisgarh Congress Leadership

It was evening, around 4 pm. A huge convoy of Congress leaders were on their way home from what was being considered a largely successful Parivartan rally. The convoy was wending its way through Jhiram Ghati (valley) in the Maoist-infested Bastar-Sukma region of Chhattisgarh though a highway.It was around 4.15 when a landmine ecploded, bowing up the highway and stopping the convoy. The first guns -- fired by the 200-strong Maoist ambush team -- went off shortly after. The guns -- their staccato blasts punctuated by explosions of grenades -- did not fall silent till an hour later.