Khairlanji massacre

Khairlanji massacre
Date29 September 2006
LocationKherlanji located in the Bhandara district
CauseRevenge, Casteism
Deaths4
ChargesSlaughtering

The Khairlanji massacre (or Kherlanji massacre) was the murder of four Scheduled Caste citizens by villagers of Khairlanji on 29 September 2006.[1][2] The killings took place in the small Indian village of Khairlanji (Kherlanji), located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra.

  1. ^ Jaishankar, K. (2011), First International Conference of the South Asian Society [of] Criminology and Victimology (SASCV), 15–17 January 2011, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India: SASCV 2011 : Conference Proceedings, South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology. International Conference, PP-295
  2. ^ "Death sentences dropped for mob murder of Dalit family". BBC News. 14 July 2010.