Maoist Violence

Current Affairs for Week 36 of 2026

1. NIA court convicts ten Maoists in the Jheeram Valley massacre case

   A special NIA court in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, convicted ten Maoists on 5 September for the 2013 Jheeram Valley attack in Sukma, one of the deadliest Maoist strikes in the country. Twenty-seven people, including senior Congress leaders of the State, were killed when their convoy was ambushed while returning from a rally.

   Source: The Hindu