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'''Ali Baba Budesh''' (born 1957)<ref name="Khambe">[http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/291009-Sachin-Khambe-Bahrain-gangster-Ali-Budesh.htm Rise of a new don in Mumbai?] - 29 October 2009, Mid Day</ref> | '''Ali Baba Budesh''' (born 1957-14th April 2022)<ref name="Khambe">[http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/oct/291009-Sachin-Khambe-Bahrain-gangster-Ali-Budesh.htm Rise of a new don in Mumbai?] - 29 October 2009, Mid Day</ref> was a notorious Indian extortionist and underworld mobster, based in [[Bahrain]]. He was mostly active in 1990s. Fearing backlash from the [[Mumbai police]], Budesh fled to Bahrain in the late eighties, where he opened up his new base of operations in the capital city of [[Manama]].He died in coma as he was suffering from sugar related illness.<ref name="Budesh1"/> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Most of the details of Budesh's early life and background are unclear. Born to an Indian mother and Arab father, he made his entrance into the Mumbai underworld as a petty pickpocket and a street ruffian. The police in [[Vikhroli]], a north-eastern suburb of the city, had registered a case of assault against him.<ref name="Budesh1">[http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/26budesh.htm New ganglord rises in Bombay], 1998</ref> However, prior to his involvement in petty crime, Budesh is known to have studied at a [[boarding school]] near [[Pune]].<ref name="Joyson"/> | Most of the details of Budesh's early life and background are unclear. Born to an Indian mother and Arab father, he made his entrance into the Mumbai underworld as a petty pickpocket and a street ruffian. The police in [[Vikhroli]], a north-eastern suburb of the city, had registered a case of assault against him.<ref name="Budesh1">[http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jun/26budesh.htm New ganglord rises in Bombay], 1998</ref> However, prior to his involvement in petty crime, Budesh is known to have studied at a [[boarding school]] near [[Pune]].<ref name="Joyson"/> | ||
==Death== | |||
Ali Budesh died on 14 April 2022. His death news was widely spread after Amber Sharma investigative filmmaker & founder of Mowgli Productions broke the news. | |||
==Cause== | |||
Ali Budesh was admitted to Army Hospital on 12th March 2022 he was suffering from high sugar levels and went into coma . On 14 April 2022, he was pronounced dead by Doctors. Ali Budesh was getting treatment at Bahrain Defence Force Hospital. | |||
==Contact with Dawood Ibrahim== | ==Contact with Dawood Ibrahim== | ||
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==Boss of his own gang== | ==Boss of his own gang== | ||
Budesh later split from the D-Company, together with other key aides of Dawood Ibrahim such as the Pakistani smuggler Shoaib Khan, Irfan Goga, and Ijaz Pathan, and formed his own separate gang with its headquarters in Bahrain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1607/16070420.htm |title=Mumbai's mafia wars |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403162348/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1607/16070420.htm |archive-date=3 April 2007 |url-status= | Budesh later split from the D-Company, together with other key aides of Dawood Ibrahim such as the Pakistani smuggler Shoaib Khan, Irfan Goga, and Ijaz Pathan, and formed his own separate gang with its headquarters in Bahrain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1607/16070420.htm |title=Mumbai's mafia wars |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403162348/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1607/16070420.htm |archive-date=3 April 2007 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He allied himself with some of Dawood Ibrahim's enemies and went on to lead them against him. These a feared gangster from Virar-Virar, Subhash Singh Thakur, who is currently lodged in [[New Delhi]]'s [[Tihar Prisons|Tihar Central Prison]]. Another former Ibrahim aide, Dilawar Khan, became Budesh's right-hand man. This alliance caused some major upsets to Ibrahim's declining empire.<ref name="Budesh1"/> | ||
==Informant== | ==Informant== | ||
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Some leading Bollywood film producers also became victims of Budesh's extortion tactics. He made threatening calls to [[Rakesh Roshan]], [[Mukesh Bhatt]] and [[Boney Kapoor]], and demanded up to ''2 khokha'' (Rs. 2 crore) from each of them.<ref name="Budesh1"/> The Tips Cassette Company owner, Ramesh Taurani, was also being extorted for the same amount.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19980527/14750734.html Bollywood under threat again]</ref> | Some leading Bollywood film producers also became victims of Budesh's extortion tactics. He made threatening calls to [[Rakesh Roshan]], [[Mukesh Bhatt]] and [[Boney Kapoor]], and demanded up to ''2 khokha'' (Rs. 2 crore) from each of them.<ref name="Budesh1"/> The Tips Cassette Company owner, Ramesh Taurani, was also being extorted for the same amount.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19980527/14750734.html Bollywood under threat again]</ref> | ||
On 21 January 2000, Rakesh Roshan was shot at by two Budesh gang members near his office on Tilak Road at Santacruz West.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1917/19170340.htm |title=The stars and the dons |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728074038/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1917/19170340.htm |archive-date=28 July 2010 |url-status= | On 21 January 2000, [[Rakesh Roshan]] was shot at by two Budesh gang members near his office on Tilak Road at Santacruz West.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1917/19170340.htm |title=The stars and the dons |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728074038/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1917/19170340.htm |archive-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The assailants fired two bullets at him, one of which hit him on the left arm while the other grazed his chest. As the director fell to the ground, the assailants fled the scene.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jan/21roshan.htm Rakesh Roshan shot at]</ref> The assailants were later identified as Sunil Vithal Gaikwad and Sachin Kamble. The attack on Roshan was not undertaken with the intent to kill, but to signal that the [[Shiv Sena]] could no longer protect its clients. Roshan had stonewalled demands from Budesh for a percentage of the profits from the overseas sale of the Hindi blockbuster, [[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1711/17110430.htm |title=Of politics and profit |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007055526/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1711/17110430.htm |archive-date=7 October 2008 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
==Extorting politicians== | ==Extorting politicians== | ||
In 2018, several high-ranking Indian politicians claimed to have received extortion calls from Budesh.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bjp-ex-mla-gets-extortion-call-from-former-dawood-aide-ali-budesh/articleshow/64406504.cms</ref> | In 2018, several high-ranking Indian politicians claimed to have received extortion calls from Budesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/bjp-ex-mla-gets-extortion-call-from-former-dawood-aide-ali-budesh/articleshow/64406504.cms|title=Dawood: BJP ex-MLA gets extortion call from former Dawood aide Ali Budesh | Ahmedabad News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> | ||
==Clashes with the law== | ==Clashes with the law== | ||