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Last moment of Two Murderers

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NK SINGH This is a study in contrast, of two murderers who were hanged in the Rajipur Central Jail, Madhya Pradesh, recently. Both of them had been convicted of killing their spouses. 38-year-old Pyarelal, sent to gallows on May 1, was every inch a hardened criminal and remained unrepentant till his last breath. While undergoing trial for killing his wife in 1964, he murdered two fellow prisoners inside the jail following an alteration of a personal nature. Both were fast asleep when their heads were crushed by a heavy boulder and an iron bar. Ultimately, Pyarelal was sentenced to death for the triple murder. 28-year-old Budhram was hanged on June 18 for murdering his wife Man Kunwar, 25, and uncle, Bagarsai, 27, when he found them in a compromising position. The murder, obviously committed in a rage, gave him such a psychosomatic shock that he lost his power of speech and hearing, which he regained only when told that he had been sentenced to death. Change At Last Budhram had turned h...

Bomb attack on anti-Maoist rally at Patna

Representational image courtesy Foreign Policy
 

NK SINGH

Bomb attack on anti-Maoist rally at Patna on 7 August 1970 kills one, injures nine.

In retaliation, Vidyarthi Parishad attacks Muslim shops, burns one, loots three.

CPI(ML) takes responsibility for bomb attack.

Earlier, they had bombed Gandhi Darshan train at Patna, attacked a rightist convention at Patna on 25 April 1970 and assault RSS student leader on April 30 1970. They also hurled bombs on the house of the Principal of Patna Commerce College.

Police have arrested some students in the Commerce College case. One of the arrested Naxalite students had topped the secondary school examination in 1969. 

Excerpts from Frontier 29 August 1970

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