Woman dacoit Sarla Jatav was released after 17 years from jail in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. There is a painful story behind how she became a dacoit.
Sarla Jatav was released from Uttar Pradesh’s Atawa Jail on the orders of the Allahabad High Court, where Vijay Singh, the brother of the dacoit, had filed a petition for his release. According to Ettawah Jail Superintendent Ram Dhani Singh, after Sarla Jatav’s release, she left the jail without speaking to the media gathered outside the jail along with family members who had come to welcome her.
Sarla Jatav was arrested in 2005 at the Etawah railway station when she was trying to board a train. Several cases like murder, kidnapping, extortion were registered against him and the state government had also put a reward of one lakh rupees on his arrest. After his arrest, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Indian media has revealed the facts of the life of the bandit Sarla Jatav, who was released after 17 years of imprisonment, and said that Sarla Jatav was kidnapped by the bandit Nirbhe Gujjar at the age of 11 years and the 14-year-old girl was kidnapped. was married to her adopted son Shyam, after which she became an active member of the Nirbhay gang.
Sarla Jatav spent most of her life in narrow valleys and gorges, yet she was interested in modern fashion.
In this regard, a retired police officer disclosed that Ettawa was famous for wearing branded clothes and having a keen interest in make-up despite being a bandit and living in narrow valleys.