Court Awards Death Penalty to 10 Convicts in 2013 Maoist Attack on Congress Convoy

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A court has sentenced 10 people to death in connection with the 2013 Maoist ambush on a Congress party convoy in Chhattisgarh. The attack, which killed 29 people, was one of the deadliest strikes on a political gathering in India. The ambush effectively decimated the Congress party's senior leadership in the state. The verdict marks a significant legal conclusion to a case that shook Indian politics over a decade ago.

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