A Dalit colony in Majhuwa village in Purnia, Bihar was burned to ashes on the night of May 19 as Islamists launched a brutal attack against the settlement.
The media reports had stated that the Dalit men were beaten, tortured by villagers for stealing from the house of a 'Brahmin man'. The police have denied any caste angle in the case and have stated that the accused were from both upper and lower castes.