Nand Kumar Patel

Nand Kumar Patel
File:Nandkumar102.JPG Nand Kumar Patel inaugurating Government school
MLA, Chhattisgarh
In office 1990 – May 25, 2013
Preceded by	Arjun Singh
Constituency	Kharsia
President, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
In office April 2011 – May 25, 2013
Preceded by	Dhanendra Shahu
First Home minister of Chhattisgarh
In office November 2000 – December 2003
Succeeded by	Brijmohan Agarawal
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-08)8 November 1953 Nandeli Village, India
Died	Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Nandeli, Raigarh District

Nand Kumar Patel (8 November 1953 – 25 May 2013) was an Indian National Congress politician from the Chhattisgarh. He won the legislative election from the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row (1990, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008).

He was a cabinet minister in the state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He was kidnapped and killed by Naxalites during the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley.

On 25 May 2013, several Congress leaders were killed in a Naxalite attack on a Congress convoy. At first, Naxalites kidnapped Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh Patel keeping up the hopes of their coming back alive. However, their bullet-ridden bodies were found in the Jiram valley in the Bastar district the next day.

On the 27 May, the Naxalites claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing a statement which called it a punishment for atrocities committed by the Salwa Judum who is counter-Naxalite paramilitary forces in the Bastar area and that it was originally targeted at its leader, Mahendra Karma.

Also See

• 2013 Maoist attack in Sukma
• Mahendra Karma
• Vidya Charan Shukla

Preceded by Harvansh Singh

Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh December 1998 to October 2000

Succeeded by Mahendra Baudh

Preceded by -

First Home Minister of Chhattisgarh November 2000 to December 2003

Succeeded by Brijmohan Agrawal