The main accused of Lakshmanpur Bathe massacre in which 58 persons, including many women and children, were killed in Arwal district, was arrested on Thursday, 16 years after the carnage.
The main accused Dharma Singh was nabbed from a place near Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Arwal Superintendent of Police Anand Kumar Singh said in Arwal. The police had announced a reward of Rs one lakh for any information that could lead to his arrest.
Armed members of Ranbir Sena, a private militia of upper caste landlords, led by Dharma Singh, killed 58 persons, including 32 women and children, in Lakshmanpur Bathe village of Arwal district on December one, 1997. Additional District and Sessions court Judge of Patna, Vijay Kumar Mishra had in 2010 awarded death sentence to 16 and life imprisonment to 10 others in the massacre case.
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