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 the 90s and early 2000s.