Bihar bombing fans fears of new bloodshed in India's age-old caste battle

Acquittals over 90s massacres of lower-caste Dalits seen as spark for revenge killings sending shockwaves through impoverished Bihar state and across India

Indian police commandos patrol outside Pisai in Aurangabad district, Bihar state, after the killing of Sunil Pandey and six others. Photograph: Jason Burke

Jason Burke in Aurangabad-Thursday 19 December 2013

Sheltering in the shade, next to the buffaloes, the special police commandos shake their heads. "Everything is very quiet," says PC Bharat Parwan, looking across to the village 100 yards or so away across the rice fields.

Bihar Bombing Fans Fears of New Bloodshed in India's Age-old Caste Battle by nelvely