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Exactly 43 years after the Behmai massacre in which 20 people were shot dead at a village in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur by 'Bandit Queen' Phoolan Devi and her gang, a court pronounced its verdict on Wednesday, handing the life sentence to one of ...
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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Forty-three years after bandit Phoolan Devi and her gang perpetrated the Behmai massacre in which 20 people, mostly from the Thakur community, were shot dead to "avenge" her rape, a court here on Wednesday gave life sentence to one of the two surviving accused. India News | First Conviction in 1981 Behmai Massacre by Phoolan Devi's Gang.
The incident is infamous, as 20 members of the Thakur community were killed by ‘bandit queen’ Phoolan Devi and her gang on February 14, 1981. Following the horrific killings, the FIR named four persons, including Phoolan, and 35 persons were unnamed.
It is the first conviction in the sensational case involving 35 accused, including Phoolan Devi who gained notoriety after the incident and later surrendered and became an MP but was shot dead on July 25, 2001, at the age of 37.