Chhattisgarh attack: VC Shukla improving, but condition still critical

Gurgaon: The condition of Congress leader and former Union minister VC Shukla, who was injured in a deadly Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh last week, continues to show signs of improvement but he remains critical. [caption id=“attachment_833669” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Congress leader VC Shukla. PTI[/caption] “Shukla has shown some signs of improvement on third consecutive day today but still remains critical,” Medanta Hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr A K Dubey said, adding that he cannot be declared out of danger. The 84-year-old Congress veteran was airlifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon from Raipur last Sunday. Maoists had ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Saturday, killing 27 people including PCC chief Nand Kumar Patel, his son Dinesh, senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma and ex-MLA Uday Mudaliyar and injuring Shukla and 36 others. PTI