A senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma has been killed and prominent party leader VC Shukla is critically injured in a major attack by alleged Maoists in election-bound Chhattisgarh.
There are fears that the state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel and his son who are missing might have been abducted. According to reports, Mr Patel's son Dinesh who was abducted has been released.
