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From the Delhi Press archives: On 17 June 1982, Malkhan Singh and around one hundred of his gang-members surrendered themselves to the police in the presence of then Madhya Pradesh chief minister Arjun Singh. The gang were notorious dacoits in the Chambal badlands of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and Malkhan Singh alone had over seventy-five cases of dacoity, kidnappings, and violent encounters against him. Singh and his gang were practically running a parallel government in the area, and he was a self-styled arbiter of disputes. Now in his seventies, Malkhan Singh canvasses for the BJP candidate Bhagirath Prasad, who is standing for election from the Bhind constituency.
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