Patna, Aug 30 (IANS) A Bihar court has framed criminal charges against a ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator in connection with a caste massacre in Bhojpur district in 1993.

The court in Ara, district headquarters of Bhojpur, Tuesday framed criminal charges against Shribhagwan Singh and 10 others in the infamous Ichari massacre case when five farmers from the powerful Rajput caste were gunned down.

Nine people were seriously injured when activists of the Indian People Front (IPF) near Atapur village attacked them while they were returning home on a tractor after participating in a rally.

Singh was a legislator of IPF, then a political front of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (CPI-ML).

Earlier, a non-bailable warrant had been issued against Singh. But he got bail from the Patna High Court after his application was rejected by the district court.