In a cross-FIR filed the same day, Mohammad Shabir accused 31 members of Mahadalit community of encroachment and assault, among other charges. Later, just before midnight, the complaints stated, a mob of 100-150, comprising people from the minority community, reached the Mahadalit colony and allegedly attacked them. Chaukidar Dinesh Rai, who was posted there along with another chaukidar, Bharat Rai, told The Indian Express: “On May 19, violence occurred around 6 pm. Purnea District Magistrate Rahul Kunar said that in 2010, the government had distributed a plot of land to 46 families from Mahadalit community. “On May 19, violence broke out over a path.

Source: Indian Express May 25, 2021 22:41 UTC