Foreign News: The Terror of Kings
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Three weeks ago, as the 4,000-odd policemen assigned to track him down were combing the wild hills in a desperate last attempt to bring him to justice, Man Singh's men made a swift raid on a village and shot dead the Brahman priest's only surviving relative. At last the dacoit had fulfilled his vow to Kali.
Last week as the monsoon began blowing through India to make the jungle tracks impassable to all but panthers and dacoits, the 18-year hunt was once again suspended and the 4,000 policemen called off. In the hills of northern India, Man Singh, terror of kings and favored of Kali, still reigned supreme.
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