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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Brahmeshwar Singh
| honorific_suffix = (Mukhiyaji)
| birth_name = Brahmeshwar Singh
| birth_date = 13 March 1947
| birth_place =
| disappeared_date = 
| disappeared_place =
| disappeared_status =
| death_date = {{Death date|2012|06|01|df=y}} (aged 64 or 66)
| death_place = [[Arrah]]
| death_cause = Murder
| body_discovered =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| monuments =
| nationality = Indian
| occupation =
| employer =
| organization = [[Ranvir Sena]]
| criminal_charge = Carnage<ref name=lat060212 /><ref name=" All about Mukhiya ">{{cite news|title=All about Mukhiya|publisher=Zee News|accessdate=2 Jun 2012|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/who-is-brahmeshwar-singh_779088.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922075126/http://zeenews.india.com/news/bihar/who-is-brahmeshwar-singh_779088.html|archive-date=22 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
| criminal_penalty =
| criminal_status = Acquitted in 2012
}}
'''Brahmeshwar Singh''' (13 March 1947<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-08-31/patna/27299503_1_ranvir-sena-police-station-police-officials |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104023243/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-08-31/patna/27299503_1_ranvir-sena-police-station-police-officials |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |title=Arrested Ranvir Sena chief refuses to talk |date=31 August 2002 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref>– 1 June 2012) also known as '''Mukhiyaji''' , was head of the upper-caste [[Ranvir Sena]] in [[Bihar]], India. On 1 June 2012, he was killed by unidentified gunmen.<ref name=death>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-02/india/31983202_1_bathani-tola-ranvir-sena-mukhiya |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126033524/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-02/india/31983202_1_bathani-tola-ranvir-sena-mukhiya |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Brahmeshwar Singh's murder: Bihar braces for retaliatory killings |work=[[The Times of India]] |first1=Pranava K. |last1=Chaudhary |first2=Rajiv Nayan |last2=Agrawal |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=3 Jun 2012}}</ref>

==Ranvir Sena, arrest, and acquittal==
Brahmeshwar Singh <nowiki>''Mukhiya''</nowiki> hails from [[Bhumihar Brahmin|Bhumihar]] family and became the leader of the Ranvir Sena soon after it was formed in 1994.<ref name=lat060212>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-killing-20120602,0,5126855.story |title=India upper-caste militia leader Brahmeshwar Singh slain |work=The Los Angeles Times |first=Mark |last=Magnier |date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=3 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603091900/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-killing-20120602,0,5126855.story |archive-date=3 June 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Singh was suspected of being involved in the killings of hundreds of people who either were naxalite extremists themselves, or were sympathetic to people from or were involved in the recruitment of people from poor background into naxalite organizations.<ref>https://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-explained-what-is-the-ranvir-sena-and-why-it-is-feared-1697737</ref><ref name=lat060212 /> In 2002, Singh was arrested on "carnage" charges, for which he faced the possibility of life imprisonment.<ref name=lat060212 /> He spent nine years in jail awaiting trial and was released on bail and then later acquitted for insufficient evidence.<ref name=lat060212 />

==Politics==
On 5 May 2012, Singh founded the [[Akhil Bharatiya Rashtravadi Kisan Sangathan]], an organization that Singh said would assist farmers and other manual labourers.His organization stated that they fought against naxalites in Bihar but there were no evidences of this statement it caused him trouble as it became very controversial matter, but later he got relief in some cases. <ref>{{cite news|title=Tillers' outfit|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120505/jsp/bihar/story_15453926.jsp#.T6YkBOgzD3Q|accessdate=4 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]|date=5 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605014208/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120505/jsp/bihar/story_15453926.jsp#.T6YkBOgzD3Q|archive-date=5 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
On 1 June 2012, Singh was on a morning walk near his home in [[Arrah|Arrah, Bihar]]. Reportedly, around six armed men shot Singh several times. The killing resulted in public unrest and severe rioting. Several thousand people burnt the [[Hotel|circuit house]], [[Block (country subdivision)#Block Development Officer|Block Development Officer]]'s office, and several government vehicles; damaged railway offices; and stopped the trains on the [[Howrah]]-[[Patna]]-[[Delhi]] route.Protest in Bihar took place and situation of curfew was created in a few parts of Bihar. <ref name=death />

==See also==
*[[Jagdish Mahto]]
*[[Ashok Mahto gang]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|NEokvAhIGjc|India orders investigation over slain political activist (1 June 2012)}}, [[Al Jazeera English]]
* {{YouTube|yQehizKjE8w|Bihar: Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh killed, curfew in Arrah (1 June 2012)}}, [[CNN-IBN]]

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[[Category:Far-right politicians in India]]
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