Bikru tastes democracy after 25 yrs,elects a Dalit woman as village head | Kanpur News
Kanpur: Democracy was restored finally after a long gap of 25 years in Bikru village, which gained notoriety for the brutal massacre of eight policemen, including a deputy SP, in July last year by the dreaded ganglord Vikas Dubey and his henchmen. Dubey, who was later arrested and killed in an encounter, used his muscle and gun power to terrorise the villagers and had hijacked the entire electoral process. The people of Brahmin-dominated Bikru village, which saw candidates picked by Dubey getting elected election after election, finally got to exercise their franchise and have elected a Dal...
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