Brahmeshwar Singh alias 'Mukhiyaji'(70), the chief of Bihar's outlawed private militia of landlords Ranvir Sena, was shot dead by six unidentified gunmen who pumped several bullets into him while he was taking an early morning walk at Katira Mohalla under Nawada police station, 71 kms from Patna.
Brahmeshwar Singh, who faced life imprisonment in several cases of carnage he had perpetrated on the lower caste landless poor, including in Laxmanpur Bathe where 61 Dalits were massacred in December, 1996, was acquitted and released from jail in April,2012.
The Bihar government has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into his killing.
Also a five-member special investigation team (SIT) of Bihar Police is probing the killing.
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