 The killing of 52 upper caste members particularly from Rajput community was organised by a Maoist communist centre; a far left militia composed mostly of members of lower (scheduled) castes.The incident was a retribution of killings of scheduled caste members by upper caste militant organization like kuer Sena and ranvir Sena.December 25, 1968 in which a group of 44 striking Dalit village labourers were murdered by a gang, sent by their landlords, as they were demanding higher wages.