Witness testifies against dacoits

KANPUR: Another material witness in the Behmai carnage case, Vakil Singh on Thursday stated before the court that Phoolan Devi gang was responsible for the assassination of 20 persons in Behmai village on February 12,1981.
The prosecution produced Vakil singh as its second witness in the much publicized case being tried here at designated dacoit infested area court of Kanpur Dehat.Singh claimed that Man Singh was the dacoit who opened fire first on a group of 25 residents of village Behmai on the direction of Phoolan Devi. Singh said he had also suffered injury in the shootout and had fallen on the ground. When the gang left, fellow villagers had rescued him and sent to the hospital for the treatment.