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CALCUTTA, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1886. Prioe 8 annas. POSTAGE BRINDISI Any. A Dekkan paper states that the notorious dakait Luria Bhil, who is accused of baying taken part in the dakaities lately committed in the Kbandeish District, has been arrested by a Bead Constable of that district