Laxmanpur Bathe massacre | |
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Part of caste-related violence, massacre in Bihar Clash between CPIML Liberation & Ranvir Sena | |
Location | Laxmanpur Bathe, Arwal, Bihar |
Date | 1 December 1997 |
Deaths | 58 killed |
Victims | Scheduled caste people |
The Laxmanpur Bathe massacre was a massacre conducted in the Laxmanpur Bathe village in Arwal district of Bihar, where 58 scheduled caste people were allegedly killed by members of the Ranvir Sena in retaliation for the Bara massacre in which 37 upper castes were killed.[1][2] Laxmanpur Bathe is a village in Arwal district in Bihar, on the Son river about 90–km from Patna.