Part of •caste-related violence massacre in Bihar •Clash between CPIML Liberation & Ranvir Sena
Location
Laxmanpur Bathe, Arwal, Bihar
Date
1 December 1997; 26 years ago (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.
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