Baijnath Prasad

Com Baijnath Prasad, President of the Ranchi District Committee and member of its Bihar State Committee, was shot dead by hoodlums of the caste-based Bhoomi Sena on 9th April, 1987. Com Baijnath was talking to some adivasi students who were to organize a rally in the Ranchi University campus in support of their demands when the incident took place. He was suddenly attacked by the Bhoomi Sena thugs who first short him in his leg and then through the chest and finally stabbed him. The Professor in charge of the Ranchi Government Polytechnic, where Com Baijnath was leading a struggle, was also suspected to be involved in this heinous murder.