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Bandit Queen's suspected murderer flees jail | |
2004-02-17 | |
EFL Phoolan Devi was one of India's most famous outlaws The prime suspect in the murder of Indian bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi has escaped from jail. Sher Singh Rana, arrested after Devi was killed two years ago, was due in court on Tuesday but went missing from Delhi's high security Tihar prison. Men posing as policemen helped him in the daring escape. This is right out of a Hogan's Hero script. Bob Crane should sue. ... Never mind.
They had badges so we thought they were policemen. "Later we got a shock when another police party turned up at the gates of Tihar with a warrant to take Rana away." Boy did we have red faces. Phoolan Devi was part of India's bandit folklore. A member of the lower castes, she rose to notoriety in 1981 when she had 22 upper caste men massacred on Valentine's Day to avenge her gang rape. Now thats a Candygram. She surrendered to the authorities in 1983 and served a prison sentence until February 1994. Two years later she became a member of the Indian lower house of parliament. She lost her seat in 1998, but made a comeback the following year. Her life was immortalised in the film Bandit Queen by Indian director Shekhar Kapur. How did NBC miss out on that story? It has mini-series written all over it. I'd even spend extra to film the multiple homicide in Matrix-vision. | |
Posted by:Super Hose |
#2 I still have paranoia attacks entering a dark pool or lake at night. I wish I had at least pitched an alarm clock down his gaping toothy pie hole. Then I could keep beter track of him. As I lean over the edge of a dock at night, I am always hopeful that he will just plant a slobbery kiss on my cheek. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-17 8:41:15 PM |
#1 Shamu's gonna get your ass one day SH ;> |
Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-17 6:32:41 PM |