Pararia 1988 mass rape | |
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Location | Pararia Deoghar, Bihar, India |
Attack type | Rape |
Perpetrators | 40 members of local unit of Bihar Police force [1] |
Verdict | All accused were released in 1989[2] |
Charges | Gang Rape |
The Pararia mass rape was an incident of caste-based violence that affected several regions of Bihar, India, between the 1980s and 1990s. The incident took place in the village of Pararia, located 30 km (19 mi) from the temple town of Deoghar (present day Jharkhand). Women from 26 families were gang-raped by a group of the Bihar Police Force.[3] The victims were Yadav, a caste classified as Other Backward Class.[1]