Bhagalpur Logai riot verdict : 14 convicting for killing 116

Verdict delivered after 17 years

The 116 people, including women and children, were killed on the night of October 27, 1989 at Logai village under Jagdishpur police station of the district

The victims were buried in a mass grave, promptly camouflaged by a cauliflower plantation.
Among those convicted are the then officer-in-charge of Jagdishpur police station, Ramchandra Singh, and chowkidar Thakur Paswan.

Though there were 24 accused in the case, six died during the trial, while four never turned up, prompting the court to proclaim them absconders and order attachment of property.

Of the 14 convicted, the order against Jaiprakash Mandal was passed in absentia as he did not turn up. This made the court issue a warrant of arrest against him.

Nearly a year after the Logai village massacre, the investigation was handed over to then DIG Ajit Dutt on December 3, 1990. "Within a week, 90 bodies were recovered and by December 15, altogether 105 were dug out. The rest had decomposed," Dutt told The Indian Express.

Before the riots, there were 45 Muslim families in Logai village; in 1990, only two remained. The status remains the same even today.