180:"I was awake the whole night. I heard the footsteps of men climbing up. I thought they could be policemen watching over us because tension was prevailing for some time. Then I heard suppressed gunshots. As I tried to stand up, two gun shots were fired at me,' said Babulal Sharma, a 67-year-old survivor. 'I wanted to die with them. Why did I survive?"
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government, as according to them the government was itself behind promoting enmity between the various castes. The Sena's action was a consequence of growing anxiety among
Bhumihar Brahmins who were victims of both Afsar and Senari massacre. Senari was a village just 10 km away from the Mianpur
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were killed but gave less importance to the places were "upper caste" were the victim. During "Afsar massacre", Lalu Prasad condemned the incident but avoided visiting the site as during his earlier visits at "Senari" and other places were "upper castes" were killed, he was hooted by the kinsmen of
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gangster Ashok Mahto. The chief told Singh not to antagonise Kurmis as their real enemies were Yadavs.The fact that core base of Samata Party were Kurmi and
Bhumihar Brahmins and in case of differences between them, Yadavs can get an upper hand. This prevented Sena to retaliate against the Kurmis.
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for the "Rajobigha massacre", in which five Yadavs were killed by the
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had mutual differences against each other. But this carnage was seen as a possible alliance between the two to take on the
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to the hospital. The dead included a four-year-old and a 10-year-old. Two schoolboys who tried to escape, when the firing started, were admitted to the hospital at
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came to the village to assure the victim backward castes of proper compensation and also launch a campaign against
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