Pararia mass rape (1988)

[5] Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad took steps to ensure justice, but the investigation primarily depended upon the policemen of Bihar Police, who remained ineffective.

The judge presiding over the judicial proceeding concluded from the medical report that one of the victims, Nonia Devi, was examined, and dead sperm were detected in her vaginal smears.

[3] Author Arthur Bonner, relying upon their investigation, states that her husband was not willing to leave her even after public shame as, they had a four-year-old child, and it was not his wife's fault that she was raped.

"[3][2] Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad distributed one thousand rupees (as compensation) to each of the victims, and the reconstruction of their demolished huts began.

[6] Ranjit Bhushan, a professor of Jamia Milia Islamia, believes that the dominance of upper-caste landlords in contemporary Bihar and the isolation of villages like Pararia are the reasons behind inter-caste clashes and the vulnerability of women in such places.

Veteran leader George Fernandes recommended that the government ensure proper relief to the victims' families and appoint special prosecutors to attend court proceedings, and suspended all the officials in the region, including the sitting superintendent of police.

According to Fernandes, the chief minister's stance was apathetic, but a legislator named Hind Kesari Yadav organized a march of protesters from Pararia to Patna covering a distance of 200 km (120 mi).