KANPUR: The dacoit-infested Chambal valley and Bundelkhand areas on UPMP order are likely to become breeding ground of Hindu terrorism. Bandit chief Madho Singh, who had surrendered his arms in 1972 and turned a “sadhu”, recently broke out of a makeshift jail in Kanpur, and is reportedly touring the traditional badlands of central India to mobilize outlaws and motivate them to tum their guns against opponents of Rama temple in Ayodhya. It is an open secret that he was freed by the govt.
Madho Singh, who carried an award of Rs. 1.5 lakh on his head when he laid down his arms to Jaya Prakash Narayan in 1972 had of late donned saffron clothes of a sanyasi. He broke out of Mandi Amiti jail in Kanpur on November 3 after hearing of police firing on kar Sewaks in Ayodhya and told newsmen that he had once again decided to take up arms,” this time I will use my gun for cause of Rama,” Madho Singh told newsmen immediately after his “jailbreak”.
Realising that Madho Singh or Baba Ram Dasas he is now called meant trouble, a criminal case against the dacoittumed Sadhu has be lately been registered against him on the complaint of the jailor, MrS.K Singh. The dreaded bandit chief who eluded U.P. and MP. Police and committed hundreds of kidnappings, murders and dacoities during his 196472 reign of terror, has once again been declared “absconder” by UP police.
Reviving Contacts: After visiting Ayodhya Madho Singh is reported to have toured Budelkhand and Chambal valley areas to revive his “old contacts” collect sophisticated weapons and build up a militant organisation. During talks with some local newsmen here after his tour of Banda and Satna districts Madho Singh said that “you will soon know when my group strikes.”
‘An ex-army man, Madho Singh was one of the most feared dacoit leaders of postman Singh era in Chambal valley who had successfully brought together other dacoit gangs of his time on a common platform.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 23, 1990
