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Chhattisgarh Naxal attack: Injured VC Shukla airlifted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital

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ANI Gurgaon
Last Updated : May 26 2013 | 12:30 PM IST

Senior Congress leader V.C.Shukla, who was injured after heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district, was on Sunday airlifted to Gurgaon's Medanta hospital from Raipur.

According to television reports, 84-year-old Shukla underwent an operation on Saturday in Jagdalpur hospital for removal of three bullets he had received in the attack.

"An Air ambulance of Medanta Hospital airlifted Shukla around 5:30 am," television reports added.

At least 27 people, including senior Congress leader Nand Kumar Patel, Mahendra Karma, were killed and several others injured when heavily-armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders inside a dense forest in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.

The body of Chhattisgarh Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, who was kidnapped along with his son after Maoists ambushed a convoy of party leaders, was found on Sunday in a forest in Bastar district. The body has been spotted near Darba Gati Valley, police said.

Maoists had kidnapped Patel and his son Dinesh after attacking the convoy of Congress leaders.

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First Published: May 26 2013 | 12:08 PM IST

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