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NEW DELHI, Tuesday (AFP) The main accused in the sensational murder of India's "Bandit Queen" escaped from a high-security prison in New Delhi on Tuesday with the help a group of bandits dressed as police, officials said.

Sher Singh Rana, being held for the July 2001 murder of Phoolan Devi, literally walked out of Tihar jail with a "police" escort - who turned out to be fellow bandits come to free him.

"It is an incredible jail-break. At 7:00 am (0130 GMT) we handed Rana over to a policeman from Uttaranchal (north Indian hill state) as he showed us a warrant saying he had come to collect Rana to produce him before the court," said a warden, who did not want to be identified. "There were other 'policemen' waiting near a police van. We did not suspect a thing.... Later we got a shock when another police party turned up at the gates of Tihar with a warrant to take Rana away." Tihar jail director general Ajay Aggarwal has launched a massive manhunt for the escapee.

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