Dadikala – a small hamlet just a couple of kilometres from Barkagaon, 30 km from Hazaribagh town – seems to be under siege. The road to the village is heavily fortified after four villagers were killed and more than 20 injured in police firing on October 1, 2016. The killed people were very young: Pawan Kumar (16), Abhishek Rai (18), Ranjan Rai (18) and Mohammad Mehtab Alam (29).
