He was murdered for his fight to save environment. Justice eludes his family two years on

Justice has not been served in Omprakash (Dilip) Mahato’s murder. Instead, the victim’s family faces false allegations.

January 10, 2020 . It was a Friday. When Omprakash (Dilip) Mahato came to know that loaders and tipper trucks had arrived at the Aurahi river in Sripur of Dhanusha to excavate the riverbed, he went out of the house. Dilip had been protesting against the illegal extraction of river materials that had been going on for quite a while. But that day, when he protested, the tipper truck ran over him.