Echoes of injustice in Soti incident

The violent death of six innocent men on the Bheri River was caused by caste hate.

May 24, this year, marks the fifth anniversary of the infamous lynching of Nabaraj BK and his five friends on the banks of the Bheri River in the village of Soti, West Rukum. Some high-caste villagers, including an elected ward chairman from the Maoist party, orchestrated an angry and violent mob. They were infuriated by Nabaraj, a low-caste man, trying to marry his girlfriend from their family.