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| Phoolan Devi: Life in jail for 'Bandit Queen' murder | Phoolan Devi: Life in jail for 'Bandit Queen' murder |
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| A man convicted of the 2001 murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi has been jailed for life by a court in the Indian capital, Delhi. | A man convicted of the 2001 murder of bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi has been jailed for life by a court in the Indian capital, Delhi. |
| Sher Singh Rana was convicted last week for the July 2001 killing. | |
| Phoolan Devi, who became one of India's best-known political figures after giving up years of crime, was shot dead at the age of 38 in front of her home. | Phoolan Devi, who became one of India's best-known political figures after giving up years of crime, was shot dead at the age of 38 in front of her home. |
| Her life was immortalised in the 1996 film Bandit Queen by Indian director Shekhar Kapur. | Her life was immortalised in the 1996 film Bandit Queen by Indian director Shekhar Kapur. |
| A member of the lower castes, she rose to notoriety in 1981 when she had 22 upper-caste Hindu men massacred on Valentine's Day to avenge her gang rape. | A member of the lower castes, she rose to notoriety in 1981 when she had 22 upper-caste Hindu men massacred on Valentine's Day to avenge her gang rape. |
| Phoolan Devi surrendered to the authorities in 1983 and was in jail until February 1994. | |
| Two years later she became a member of the lower house of India's parliament. She lost her seat in 1998 but made a comeback the following year. | Two years later she became a member of the lower house of India's parliament. She lost her seat in 1998 but made a comeback the following year. |
| Rana, a member of the upper castes, was arrested for her murder in 2001. He escaped from pre-trial custody in a Delhi high-security prison in February 2004, but was recaptured in 2006. | |
| Last week, a court in Delhi found him guilty of murder and attempted murder. | Last week, a court in Delhi found him guilty of murder and attempted murder. |
| The prosecution had asked for the death penalty, saying the crime was "planned" and "meticulously executed". | |
| Rana had pleaded in the court for leniency, saying he had the responsibility of looking after his old and ailing mother. | Rana had pleaded in the court for leniency, saying he had the responsibility of looking after his old and ailing mother. |
| On Thursday, the court also ordered Rana to pay a fine of 100,000 rupees ($1,641; £984). | |
| Ten other accused who were tried for the crime were acquitted for lack of evidence. |