[Reader-list] Fwd: Five Dalits Massacred On Independence Day In Bihar

[Asit Das]

Date: 16 August 2013
Subject: Five Dalits Massacred On Independence Day In Bihar



Five Dalits Massacred On Independence Day In Bihar

*By Kavita Krishnan*

16 August, 2013
*Countercurrents.org*

Five mahadalits of the Ravidas community were brutally massacred on 15th
August, India's independence day, in Badi village of Rohtas district of
Bihar state by feudal forces. In this heinous and organized attack 60
others were injured, including women and children. 12 of the injured are
now admitted in PMCH, Patna.

The attack on Badi village was organized by feudal forces when the village
resisted their attempts to grab 4 katthas of gair mazarua land on which a
Ravidas statue stood. This happened far from the eye of the 24/7 news
channels. A CPI(ML) team has gone to visit the village to ascertain the
facts, which are yet to come to the notice of the national media.

For Dalits in India, freedom is still a far cry. This massacre in a Bihar
dalit hamlet on Independence day this year brings home this stark reality.

In protest against this heinous massacre of mahadalits, CPI(ML) will hold a
bandh in the Shahabad range, and a Bihar-wide Protest Day on 19th August
2013.

For more information, please contact Bihar State Secretary Comrade Kunal:
09431829868, 09939902518

Kavita Krishnan, For CPI(ML) Central Committee