Chhattisgarh: Son of Congress leader, killed in Naxalite attack, appointed as Dy Collector

The Chhattisgarh government has appointed Ashish Karma, son of late Congress leader Mahendra Karma, as Deputy Collector. The decision was taken in a Cabinet Meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at his residence on Saturday. Congress leader Mahendra Karma was assassinated by Naxalites on May 25, 2013, in an attack while returning from a "Parivartan Rally" meeting organised by his party in Sukma. Chhattisgarh Minister Ravindra Choubey said, “One of the major decisions is that Cabinet has decided to appoint Ashish Karma who is the son of late Congress leader Mahendra Karma who was killed in a Naxal attack in Bastar, as Deputy Collector.”