On the night of 20 April, BJP-backed upper-caste feudal elements launched a premeditated attack on youths from the Yadav and Kushwaha communities in Laharpa village of Agiaon block, Bhojpur district. Three young people were killed and four others were seriously injured when the assailants—emboldened by the BJP-JDU regime’s tacit support for communal violence—descended on the village with deadly intent.

Soon after the atrocity, Comrade Shiv Prakash Ranjan (MLA, Agiaon), Comrade Raju Yadav (CPIML Central Committee member), former Agiaon MLA Comrade Manoj Manzil, Comrade Bhola Yadav and several other local leaders visited the site to assess the situation and stand in solidarity with the victims’ families. They joined the protests, demanding justice for the bereaved.

CPIML Member of Parliament for Ara, Comrade Sudama Prasad, met the grieving families at the Mahuli cremation ground. He condemned the attack, noting that under Bihar’s current BJP-JDU regime, feudal-communal elements have grown bolder. Assaults on Dalits, backward communities and women, he warned, continue unabated—and the perpetrators no longer fear the police or the law. The Laharpa massacre, he added, was clearly premeditated.

In response to the killings, CPIML organised a district-wide protest on 22 April under its banner. Demonstrators called for the immediate arrest of all perpetrators and for justice to be served.

CPIML Bihar State Secretary Comrade Kunal observed that, under the so-called “double-engine government,” violence against marginalised groups has steadily increased. This heinous act, he said, confirms that the BJP-JDU alliance remains anti-Dalit, anti-backward, anti-Muslim and anti-women—seeking to drag Bihar back to the pre-1990s era of unchecked caste massacres.

The CPIML has demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible and a speedy trial to ensure the harshest punishments. It also calls for Rs. 20 lakh in compensation for each victim’s family and for adequate security guarantees for all bereaved households.