Wednesday, May 12, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Bathani Tola massacre: Three sentenced to death, 20 get life term

 

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/12/bathanitola-massacre-three-sentenced-to-death-20-get.html

Bathani Tola massacre: Three sentenced to death, 20 get life term

Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 9:25 [IST]

Ara (Bihar), May 12 (ANI): A court here on Wednesday awarded death
sentences to three persons and life imprisonment to over 20 others in
connection with the infamous Bathani Tola massacre in Bhojpur District
in 1996 in which 21 Dalits were killed.

Buzz up!Additional District and Sessions Judge A K Srivastava
announced the quantum of punishment for the accused.

Earlier on May 5, Srivastava had convicted 23 accused persons and
acquitted 30 others for want of evidence in connection with the
carnage that took place under Sahar block of Bhojpur district on July
11, 1996 by suspected activists of Ranvir Sena, a private militia of
land owners.

Around 70 Sena men had raided the village and killed 21 Dalits, mostly
women and girls, including two babies in the age group of three to
nine months. (ANI)

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