Ranvir Sena

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  Slain Ranvir Sena Chief's Son to Contest Bihar Polls

  Slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh's son Indu Bhusan today announced he would contest the Bihar assembly polls from Terari constituency in Bhojpur district.

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  In 1999 Massacre of Dalits in Bihar, All Acquitted, Questions Raised

  Earlier this week, a district court in Bihar's Jehanabad acquitted all 24 men accused of being involved in the infamous Shankar Bigha massacre 16 years ago in which 23 Dalit men, women and children were shot dead. The accused were allegedly members of the upper caste militia Ranvir Sena, which is responsible for many caste massacres in Bihar during...

• Six persons chargesheeted in Ranvir Sena chief murder case

  Police today filed a chargesheet against six persons in the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh in a court in Bihar's Bhojpur district. The chargesheet was filed in the Chief Judicial Magistrate P K Ojha's court against the accused, one of whom is absconding.

• Case against Minister for eulogising Ranvir Sena chief

  A complaint was filed today against a state minister for reportedly eulogising the slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji as a Gandhian leader.

• 101 cops transferred in Bihar

  Effecting a major reshuffle in the police department, the Bihar government on Thursday transferred 101 police officials in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).

• CBI to investigate murder of Ranvir Sena chief in Bihar

  The Bihar government has asked the CBI to investigate the murder of Brahmeshwar Singh who headed Bihar's dreaded upper caste militia, the Ranvir Sena.

• Caste wars: Bloody pages of Bihar's history

  The killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh has once again brought into focus the caste killings of Bihar in the 1990s, a period which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar describes as the dark ages for the state. Over the last two days, the Bihar government has struggled to cope with the aftermath of his death, with violence breaking out in Singh's ...

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  Ranvir Sena chief killing: Violent protests rock Bihar for third day

  Widespread violent protests rocked Bihar for the third consecutive day Sunday over the killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh 'Mukhiya'.

• Ranvir Sena chief's funeral procession turns violent

  The funeral procession of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeswar Singh alias Mukhiya from Ara to Patna turned violent with the participants burning police outposts and private vehicles, damaging police and private vehicles and blocking busy Bailey Road for several hours.

• Brahmeshwar Singh, chief of banned militia Ranvir Sena shot dead, tension builds in Bihar

  Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who headed the banned, upper caste militia Ranvir Sena in Bihar, was shot dead on Friday morning by unidentified people in Arrah in the state's Bhojpur district. A violent backlash that began in this part of north-western Bihar has now spread to other parts of the state. Mr Mukhiya's angry supporters have vandalized public prop...

• 'Butcher of Bihar' shot dead, triggering spurts of violence

  Brahmeshwar Mukhiya, who headed the banned, upper caste militia Ranvir Sena, was shot dead on Friday morning by unidentified people at his village in Bihar's Bhojpur district. Buses and offices have been set on fire by supporters of the Ranvir Sena. Curfew has been declared in the town of Arrah.

• Bihar court acquits 23 in caste massacre case

  Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court on Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper caste Ranvir Sena.