On the morning of 16 February 2024, a poor mahadalit woman proceeded to deliver milk in the Brahmin Tola, as per her daily routine. Upon her husband's return from work in the afternoon, he discovered that she had not returned. He, along with other relatives, searched for her at the Karelal Thakur house in Brahmin Tola, where the deceased had gone to deliver milk. However, the house owner scolded them and shooed them away. The 39 years old victim was from Gangotri caste, an extremely backward community. Her husband runs an e-rickshaw. They have 4 daughters and 2 sons.

The woman's family filed a missing complaint with the Rangra police station, but the officials took no action and told the relatives to go to the temple and worship for her return.

The husband raised the possibility that Karelal Thakur might have done something to his wife during the police visit to the residence on February 17. But instead of searching for the missing women, the police told the family they would be sued if she didn't come back.

Family members found the woman's dead body after a relentless search on the morning of 18 February in a naked state at Kailu Nishad’s cattle-shed. She was gang-raped before being murdered. Some of the victim’s personal belongings including the milk can were recovered from Karelal Thakur’s house. All the accused come from the Brahmin community, one of whom is a Panchayat Samiti member. The names are – Karelal Thakur, Saurabh Thakur, Raja Thakur, Suman Thakur and Jimmy alias Pradeep Thakur.

Immediately after the body was found, a large number of people protested against the lack of action by police in the case. As per the reports, the police fired 12 rounds of bullets on the protesting people.

On February 19, a fact-finding team comprising Bindeshwari Mandal, CPIML District Secretary of Bhagalpur, Navgachhia Block Secretary Ramdev Singh, RYA activist Gaurishankar Rai, AIPWA District Secretary Renu Devi, Kanchan Devi and Meena Devi visited the spot and met the family members of the victim. They also spoke to villagers about the incident.

CPIML demanded that all the criminals should be immediately arrested and action should be taken against erring and negligent police officials. The district administration must also provide compensation to the victim’s family members. On February 20, a protest march was taken out by CPIML in Bhagalpur against this incident and police-feudal nexus.