Khairlanji massacre
| Date | 29 September 2006 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kherlanji located in the Bhandara district |
| Cause | Revenge, Casteism |
| Deaths | 4 |
| Charges | Slaughtering |
Coordinates: 21°22′10″N 79°34′16″E / 21.36944°N 79.57111°E
The Kherlanji massacre (or Khairlanji massacre) refers to the 2006 murders of Dalits by members of the politically dominant Kunbi Maratha caste. The killings took place in a small village in India named Kherlanji, located in the Bhandara district of the state of Maharashtra.
On 29 September 2006, four members of the Bhotmange family belonging to a Dalit caste were murdered in a small village called Kherlanji in Maharashtra. The women of the family, Surekha and Priyanka, were paraded naked in public before being murdered. Enraged by a police complaint lodged the previous day by Surekha over a land dispute, the accused dragged out Surekha Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange and two of her sons and daughter, paraded naked in the village, sexually abused them and then hacked them to death. The accused were members of the politically dominant Kunbi caste. The Indian media did not cover this incident until the Nagpur riots by the Dalits. The criminal act was in fact carried out by assailants from the politically powerful Kunbi caste (classified as Other Backward Classes for "opposing" the requisition of their field to have a road built over it. Initial reports suggested that the women were gang-raped before being murdered. Though CBI investigations concluded that the women were not raped, there were allegations of bribery of doctors who performed the post-mortem, and of corruption.
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