Laxmanpur Bathe massacre

Laxmanpur Bathe massacre
Part of caste-related violence, massacre in Bihar
Clash between CPIML Liberation & Ranvir Sena
LocationLaxmanpur Bathe, Arwal, Bihar
Date1 December 1997; 26 years ago (1 December 1997)
Deaths58 killed
VictimsScheduled caste people
PerpetratorsMilitants of Ranvir Sena

The Laxmanpur Bathe massacre was a massacre conducted in the Laxmanpur Bathe village in Arwal district of Bihar, where 58 scheduled caste people were 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.

  1. ^ Sinha, Arvind; Sinha, Indu (2001). "Ranveer Sena and 'Massacre Widows'". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (43): 4095–4099. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4411296.
  2. ^ "Ranvir Sena - Left Wing Extremism, India, South Asia Terrorism Portal". www.satp.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2020.