Pararia mass rape (1988)

Pararia 1988 mass rape
LocationPararia Deoghar, Bihar, India
Attack type
Rape
Perpetrators40 members of local unit of Bihar Police force [1]
VerdictAll accused were released in 1989[2]
ChargesGang 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]

  1. ^ a b Shiri Ram Bakshi; Shiri Ram Bakshi; Sita Ram Sharma; S. Gajrani (1998). Contemporary Political Leadership in India George Fernandes, Defence Minister of India. APH Publishing. pp. 100–102. ISBN 8170249996. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ Arthur Bonner (1990). Averting the Apocalypse: Social Movements in India Today. Duke University Press. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0822310481.
  3. ^ Sengupta, Uttam (19 February 2013). "Pararia mass rape: After it shocked India, judgement doubts character of the women". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.