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Brahmeshwar Singh
Brahmeshwar Singh (13 March 1947– 1 June 2012) also known as Brahmeshwar Mukhiya or Mukhiyaji, was head of the upper-caste militia Ranvir Sena in Bihar, India. On 1 June 2012, he was killed by unidentified gunmen. Ranvir Sena, arrest, and acquittal Brahmeshwar Singh Mukhiya was born in a Bhumihar family and later on became the leader of the Ranvir Sena soon after it was formed in 1994. Singh was suspected of involvement in the killings of hundreds of naxalites who recruited people from poor and Dalit background. In 2002, Singh was arrested on "carnage" charges, for which he faced the possibility of life imprisonment. He spent nine years in jail awaiting trial and was released on bail and then later acquitted for insufficient evidence. Politics On 5 May 2012, Singh founded the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtravadi Kisan Sangathan, an organization that Singh said would assist farmers and other manual labourers. Death On 1 June 2012, Singh was on a morning walk near his home in Arrah, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arrah
Arrah (also transliterated as Ara) is a city and a municipal corporation in Bhojpur district, India, Bhojpur district (formerly known as Shahabad district) in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the headquarters of Bhojpur district, located near the confluence of the Ganges and Son river, Sone rivers, some from Danapur and from Patna. Typonym According to a Jain inscription found at Masarh village near the town, Arrah is mentioned there as ''Aramnagar'' (Literal translation, transl. City of Buddhist monastery, Aramas). That "Aramnagar" later become "Arrah". According to mythologies, the word "Arrah" or "Ara" is derived from the Sanskrit word ''Aranya'', which means forest. It suggests that the entire area around modern Ara was heavily forested in the old days. According to mythology, sage Vishwamitra, the Guru of Rama, had his 'Ashram' somewhere in this region. Rama killed the demon Taraka somewhere near Arrah. Arrah has also historically been known as Shahabad, a name given t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashok Mahto Gang
The criminal Ashok Mahto gang, which was active in the Indian state Bihar, was led by Ashok Mahto and included Pintu Mahto. Ashok Mahto and his gang were responsible for the 2005 killing of Rajo Singh, a sitting Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha). Ashok Mahto was imprisoned but escaped from Nawada jail in 2002. Pintu Mahto killed three police officers during the prison breakout. The gang's leaders are said to belong to either the Kurmi or Koeri caste, and were supported by the backward castes in the Nawada and Sheikhpura regions. The Mahto gang was waging a war of retribution against the exploitative upper-caste Bhumihars. Mahto and his gang were responsible for the killings of a large number of Forward Caste people in the late 1990s. Mahto-Singh rivalry The rivalry between Mahto and gangster Akhilesh Singh affected over 100 villages in the Nawada district, Nawada, Nalanda and Sheikhpura districts of Bihar. Between 1998 and 2006, the rivalry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
