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India-Pakistan
Dreaded dacoit Thokia killed
2008-08-05
Lucknow, Aug 4: An era of gang of dacoits came to an end today with killing of the dreaded dacoit Ambika Patel alias Thokia during a fierce encounter on Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh border. The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police has added another feather in its cap by killing Thokia.

At least 100 criminal cases of murder, kidnapping and looting were pending against Thokia in eight districts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The STF team shot dead Thokia near Cilkhan village in the Bharatkup area of Chitrakoot district after a four hour-long encounter.

The Uttar Pradesh Government had announced a reward of Rs five lakh and Madhya Pradesh Government a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head who was hiding in the jungles of two states. The STF had launched a massive combing operation against his gang after he ambushed a vehicle of the police force killing six jawans last year. The STF jawans were returning after killing another dreaded dacoit Dadua when the incident took place.

The Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Vikram Singh announced out-of-turn promotions for the STF personnel involved in the encounter. He claimed that other gang members would be either caught or killed. The senior superintendent of STF Amitabh Yash who supervised the operations said that this was a major success for the security personnel of the state. Investigation was being done to detect the people who were giving logistic support to the gang and supplied ammunition to its members, the DGP added.

Another dreaded dacoit Dadua who had unleashed a reign of terror in Uttar Pradesh was killed a year ago by the STF. Dadua and Thokia belong to Kurmi community and had an influence in the Bundelkhand region.

Piyeria Devi, mother of Thokia, had contested from Nairaini in Banda district on Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) ticket in the last Assembly elections.

After the encounter, the police recovered four firearms from him that included a few AK series assault rifles. The gang operated a big extortion racket in the area and even collected commission from all the development projects. They used to raise huge funds in dealing with tendu leaves.
Posted by:john frum

#6  He was killed in Lucknow? Rotten lick. I killed my Nokia phone, does that counr for anything?
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2008-08-05 19:28  

#5  What planet was this on?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-08-05 15:54  

#4  Hey, I thought this was going to be a Harry Potter sequel.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-08-05 15:52  

#3  Instead of a "dreaded dacoit" he's now a dead-ed dacoit.
Posted by: Mike   2008-08-05 06:11  

#2  This sounds like something I had to kill 15 of (Dacoits) plus the boss (Thokia) for a quest in World Of Warcraft.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-08-05 04:07  

#1  Dreaded Dacoits...Why do they hate us so?
Posted by: Bunyip   2008-08-05 04:03  

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