KANPUR: Sixty-nine years old Chheda Singh, who was accused of kidnapping ‘Bandit Queen’ Phoolan Devi in 1980 and was also involved in the murder of her paramour, dacoit Vikram Mallah, died at the Etawah’s Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences on the evening of July 25 during treatment of tuberculosis, reports Faiz Siddiqui.
Chheda was declared an absconder in 1998 and was arrested from his native Bhasaun village in Auraiya district on June 5, 2022 after 24 years. He was carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head. After arrest, he was sent to Etawah jail. When arrested in Auraiya, he had told the investigators that he was living at an ashram near Janki Kund in Chitrakoot in the guise of a ‘baba’ (seer) where he worked as a ‘sevadar’ (helper) for over two decades.
