The Hindu reports that Ranvir Sena Chief Brahmeshwar
Singh was shot dead by unidentified
gunmen in Bhojpur District
early on June 1 morning, Police
said. Singh was on a morning
walk when he was accosted
by gunmen who pumped several
bullets into him, killing
him on the spot at Katira
Mohalla under Nawada Police
Station, they said. Singh
alias Mukhiyaji, who
was earlier facing life imprisonment
in various carnage cases,
was acquitted and released
from jail in April this year.
Chief of Ranvir Sena, a private militia of
upper caste landlords, is
allegedly responsible for
perpetrating several killings
including Laxmanpur Bathe
massacre of 61 Dalits way
back in December 1996. His
hand was also suspected in
carnages that took place in
the districts of Jehanabad,
Aurangabad and Nawada in 1990s. |
