The Congress party has demanded from the Judicial Commission probing Jheeram valley Massacre by Maoists in 2013 to summon witnesses holding key positions in the State as well as Central Government.
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) through its Secretary Vivek Bajpayee who filed an application demanded from the one-man Judicial Commission headed by Justice Prashant Mishra to summon witnesses mainly the then Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, the then Union Minister of State for Home RPN Singh and the then Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar asserting that they might be having some crucial information regarding the incident.
The probe is being done by the Judicial Commission for attack by Maoists on a Congress party convoy during their Parivartan Yatra in 2013 at Jheeram valley.
The massacre led to killing of prominent Congress leaders of the state including former CGPCC President Nandkumar Patel, his son Dinesh, former leader of the Opposition Mahendra Karma, former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla when they were returning from a public meeting .
The application to the Probe Commission also contains statements of Nankiram Kanwar and as per it he had stated in the state assembly on behalf of the government that since the inquiry is going on it will bring out the factual position of the possible security lapses.