Police taking the culprits to jail after the verdict.
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15 accused have been sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of mass murder that took place three years ago over a land dispute in Nalanda district. On August 4, 2021, five people of the same family were brutally murdered in Lodipur village of Chhabilapur police station area. The deceased included Yadunandan Yadav (60), his two sons Pintu Yadav (30) and Madhesh Yadav (25), as well as Parshuram Yadav’s sons Dhirendra Yadav (50) and Shivendra Yadav (32). Four other people were also seriously injured in this incident.
The murder took place over possession of 50 bighas of land.
The dispute is almost a decade old. There was tension between the two parties since 2010 regarding about 50 bighas of land. On the day of the incident, one party tried to plow the disputed field, when the other party tried to stop it, bullets were fired at it. In this incident, Yadunandan Yadav, Pintu Yadav, Madhesh Yadav, Dhirendra Yadav and Shivendra Yadav died due to bullet injuries. On September 27, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge-3 Akhauri Abhishek Sahay had convicted 15 people including Bhola Yadav, Ramkumar Yadav of murder, murderous attack and under the Armed Act. The case of two minor accused is under consideration in the Juvenile Justice Council. 15 accused have been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Even today there is silence in the village
Even after three years have passed, the people of the village are scared. The land for which so much bloodshed took place is still lying barren. The Home Guard soldiers deployed to protect the victim’s family are silent witnesses that despite the justice process, restoration of peace is still far away. The houses of those convicted are locked, giving silent testimony to this tragic incident.
