Battles as Bandit Queen's body is taken home

Supporters of assassinated Bandit Queen turned politician Phoolan Devi battled with police, threw crude bombs and burned buses as her body arrived for cremation in an Indian town.

Battles as Bandit Queen's body is taken home
Thu, 26 Jul, 2001 - 15:54

Supporters of assassinated Bandit Queen turned politician Phoolan Devi battled with police, threw crude bombs and burned buses as her body arrived for cremation in an Indian town.

At least one worker of Devi's Socialist Party was killed by police fire and two policemen suffered gunshot wounds in Varanasi, 420 miles south-east of New Delhi.

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