1.   Police blamed the attack on members of the Ranbir Sena militia, which is suspected of receiving arms and funding from upper caste landlords.

2.   His decision followed the massacre of dozens of lower caste Hindus by private armies run by upper caste feudal landlords.

3.   It says it is fighting to redistribute land from upper caste landlords to lower caste peasants.

4.   On Monday, militiamen working for upper caste landlords stormed a village in Bihar and shot dead six itinerant laborers repairing a canal.

5.   On Sunday, police went on alert in the strongholds of communist rebels who are expected to take revenge for the massacre by attacking upper caste landlords.

6.   The Bihar government was dismissed last month following a series of massacres of lower caste Hindus by private armies run by upper caste feudal landlords.

7.   He said witch hunting was also being used as a ploy by upper caste landlords to take revenge against a lower caste man.