About: Lorik Sena

The Lorik Sena was a caste-based private army with its headquarters in Jaitipur village of the Nalanda district of Bihar. The majority of its members hailed from the Yadav caste, who were organised by its founder Baiju Yadav, to launch an armed struggle against the Naxalites. It was another group after Samajwadi Shoshit Sena which recruited primarily from the Ahir-Yadav community.According to local folktales, Lorik was a legendary hero of the Yadav raiyyats (peasant[s]) who waged a struggle against the tyranny of repressive kings and the landlords and held the Yadav dignity intact. These Senas were based primarily on the name of such community figures, either realistic or mythical who were venerated by whole community. While the Rajputs chose the 19th century figure, Kunwar Singh's name fo