KILLED IN FIGHT WITH POLICE
LEADER OF BAND OF ROBBERS (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian Press Association) (Received Ist August, 11.25 a.m.) DELHI, 31st July. After defying the police for 15 years, Devi Das, the notorious leader of an armed hand of robbers, was killed at Ferozepore, at Punjab. He offered a stout resistance, killing two constables and seriously wounding twoi others, The police trapped members\ of the gang in a house and after five hours’ battle they bored a hole in the wall, made a fire, and smoked the robbers out. When they entered, they found the leader dead, haying died of- wounds. The otheiVwere arrested.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 1 August 1929, Page 5
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