Brahmeshwar Singh

Brahmeshwar Singh (13 March 1947[3]– 1 June 2012) also known as Brahmeshwar Mukhiya or Mukhiyaji, was the founder of an Anti-naxalite militia functioning as an upper caste landlord militant group Ranvir Sena in Bihar, India.

[4] Brahmeshwar Mukhiya was born in a Bhumihar family and later on became the leader of the Ranvir Sena soon after it was formed in 1994.

[1] Mukhiyaji was suspected of involvement in the killings of hundreds of Naxalites who recruited people from poor and Dalit backgrounds.

[1] He spent nine years in jail awaiting trial and was released on bail and then later acquitted for insufficient evidence.

[6] On 1 June 2012, Brahmeshwar Singh was on a morning walk near his home in Arrah, Bihar.