The semi-composed body of gunman of slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma was found in Jeram Ghat, police said on Wednesday. The gunman was missing after the swarming attack on carcade of the Congress leaders at Darbha Ghati.
According to police sources, the deceased has been identified as Pawan Kondara (27) who was the gunman of late Congress leader Mahendra Karma and was along with Karma who was brutally killed by Maoists on May 25. The body was found in bushes at some distance from the massacre site, police said. Pawan a resident of Bhopalpattnam, Bijapur was missing since the incident and his family members had reported the matter to police. However the search of his family members came to a tragic halt after body of Pawan was found on Wednesday. His father T Satyanarayan was also killed by Maoists in suspension of police informer.
Notably the Congress carcade was ambushed at Jeeram ghat on May 25 in which Pradesh Congress Committee President Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh Patel, Mahendra Karma, Uday Mudliyar were killed along with 20 others. Veteran Congress leader VC Shukla was seriously injured in the incident who is presently struggling for his life in Medanta hospital Gurgaon.