“Dakait, dakait,” a few villagers screamed, wildly rattling several doors in Behmai on February 14, 1981. A bloodbath followed, as did notoriety for one of the most dreaded dacoits of the 1980s
, July 27 (IANS) Fifty-two years after he was charged with the alleged kidnapping of dacoit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi in 1980 and the murder of her paramour, Chheda Singh passed away at the Sefai Institute of Medical Sciences in Uttar .
Phoolan Devi s kidnapper Chheda Singh was wanted in more than 20 cases of murder, dacoity, abduction and extortion. He was declared absconder by the court in 1998.
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