About: 1997 Raghopur Massacre

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The 1997 Raghopur massacre was an incident in a series of caste related violence in the Eastern Indian state of Bihar. Raghopur is a village located in Patut Panchayat of Bihta block of Patna district which is also home to the state capital Patna. On the night of 21 April 1997, an armed squad of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity entered the village and selectively killed 6 men after identifying them asmembers of the Bhumihar caste. The house of Janardhana Sharma, a local member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, was blown up twice by explosives.

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  • The 1997 Raghopur massacre was an incident in a series of caste related violence in the Eastern Indian state of Bihar. Raghopur is a village located in Patut Panchayat of Bihta block of Patna district which is also home to the state capital Patna. On the night of 21 April 1997, an armed squad of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity entered the village and selectively killed 6 men after identifying them asmembers of the Bhumihar caste. The house of Janardhana Sharma, a local member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, was blown up twice by explosives. (en)
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  • The 1997 Raghopur massacre was an incident in a series of caste related violence in the Eastern Indian state of Bihar. Raghopur is a village located in Patut Panchayat of Bihta block of Patna district which is also home to the state capital Patna. On the night of 21 April 1997, an armed squad of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity entered the village and selectively killed 6 men after identifying them asmembers of the Bhumihar caste. The house of Janardhana Sharma, a local member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, was blown up twice by explosives. (en)
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  • 1997 Raghopur Massacre (en)
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