College Student Held in Killing of ‘Bandit Queen’
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A college student arrested in the slaying of India’s famed “Bandit Queen” says he killed her in retribution for her gang’s alleged massacre of 22 high-caste men in 1981, police said.
Phoolan Devi--an outlaw-turned-politician idolized by the poor--was shot to death Wednesday outside her New Delhi home. Devi allegedly carried out the 22 killings in revenge for her gang rape.
Sher Singh Rana, 22, was arrested in Uttaranchal state in Devi’s slaying. Rana confessed, saying the killing was revenge for the 1981 massacre in the village of Behmai in Uttar Pradesh state, said A.K. Saran, Uttaranchal police director.
Rana said he and an accomplice, Rabindra Singh, killed Devi, Saran said. Singh remains at large.
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