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There is no firm data to indicate the number of organised criminal gangs operating in India, their membership, their modus operandi, and the areas of their operations. Their structure and leadership patterns may not strictly fall in line with the classical Sicilian Mafia.^[1]

Indian organized crime is also prevalent outside of India, mainly in western countries such as Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. In Canada Indian organized crime groups have been involved in extortion, targeted violence and terrorism.^[2] The ongoing diplomatic row between Canada and India is in relation to this. Unrelated to the established crime groups in India, are there also crime groups of Indian-origin engaging in criminal activities such as drugtrafficking, extortion, smuggling and money laundering in Canada and the United Kingdom.^[3]^[4]

Mumbai underworld[edit | edit source]

Mumbai is the financial capital of India. Over a period of time, the Mumbai underworld has been dominated by several different groups and mobsters.

1940s–1980s[edit | edit source]

The powerful trio of Haji Mastan, Varadarajan Mudaliar, and Karim Lala enjoyed backing from their communities.

Haji Mastan, originally known as Mastan Haider Mirza, was a Bombay-based Tamil mobster who became the first celebrity gangster in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai).^[5] Born in 1926 in a Tamil family in Pannaikulam, near Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu.^[5] At age 8, he moved to Bombay with his father. The father–son duo ran a small cycle repair shop in Crawford market. Ten years later, in 1944, Mastan joined the Bombay docks as a porter and from there entered organised crime. He worked in association with Karim Lala and by the 1960s became a rich man. He amassed millions from smuggling gold, silver, and electronic goods and expanded his clout in the film industry by investing his money with directors and studios in Bollywood film production.^[6] As Mastan's influence in Bollywood grew, he began to produce films himself and was a well-known producer.^[5]

Varadarajan Mudaliar, popularly known as Vardha Bhai, was a Bombay-based ethnic Tamil mobster. He came to be known as Vardhabhai, operated from the early 1960s to 1980, and was accorded equal clout to Haji Mastan and Karim Lala. Starting off as a porter, he had his first brush with the crime world when he began selling illicit liquor.^{[citation needed]} He commanded much respect within the Tamil community and ran a parallel justice system where his verdict was the final law of the land and binding in areas such as Dharavi and Matunga, which are believed to have a large presence of Tamils.^{[citation needed]} Mudaliar, in tandem with Haji Mastan, ventured into stealing dock cargo. He later diversified into contract killings and the narcotics trade. He enjoyed a successful stint in the 1970s controlling the criminal operations in the east and north-central Bombay. Karim Lala commanded south and central Bombay, and the majority of smuggling and illegal construction financing was Haji Mastan's domain.^[6]

Karim Lala and his family members' groups operated in the Bombay docks. They were often called "Afghan mafia" or "Pathan mafia", terms coined by Bombay law enforcement because the majority of this crime syndicate's members were ethnic Pashtuns from Afghanistan's Kunar province. They were especially involved in hashish trafficking, protection rackets, extortion, illegal gambling, gold smuggling, and contract killings and held a firm stranglehold over parts of Mumbai's underworld.^[7] Lala controlled bootlegging and gambling in the city in 1940, and was the undisputed king of the trade until 1985.

1980s–present[edit | edit source]

D-Company is the organised crime group controlled by Dawood Ibrahim which originated in Mumbai. It has been argued that the D-Company is not a stereotypical organised crime cartel in the strict sense of the word, but rather a collusion of criminal terrorist groups based around Ibrahim's personal control and leadership.^[8]^[9] Ibrahim is currently on Interpol's wanted list for cheating, criminal conspiracy, and running an organised crime syndicate,^[10] and in 2008 he was number two on Forbes' list of The World's 10 Most Wanted.^[11] He is accused of heading an illegal empire against India and Indians. After the 1993 Bombay bombings, which Ibrahim allegedly organised and financed with Tiger Memon,^[12] both men became part of India's most wanted.^[13]^[14] According to the United States Department of the Treasury, Ibrahim may have had ties with Osama bin Laden.^[15]^[16] Consequently, the United States declared Ibrahim a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the United Nations in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations.^[17] Indian and Russian intelligence agencies have pointed out Ibrahim's possible involvement in several other terror attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai attacks.^[18]^[19]^[10]^[20]^[21]^[22] Ever since he went into hiding, Ibrahim's location has been frequently traced to Karachi, Pakistan, a claim which Pakistani authorities have denied.^[23]

Chotta Rajan is the boss of a major crime syndicate based in Mumbai. He was a former key aide and lieutenant of Dawood Ibrahim. Starting as a petty thief and bootlegger working for Rajan Nair, also known as Bada Rajan (Big Rajan), Chota Rajan took the reins of Bada Rajan's gang after Bada Rajan's murder. Later, he was affiliated with and operated at the behest of Dawood in Mumbai and eventually fled India to Dubai in 1988. He is wanted for many criminal cases that include extortion, murder, smuggling, drug trafficking, and film finance. His brother is said to produce films financed by Rajan. He is wanted in 17 murder cases and several more attempted murders. Chhota Rajan was arrested in Bali by Indonesian police on 25 October 2015.^[24] He was extradited to India on 6 November after 27 years on the run and is currently awaiting trial in CBI custody.^[25]

Arun Gawli's gang is based at Dagdi Chawl in Byculla, Mumbai. Gawli started his criminal activities there and used the rooms there for keeping kidnapped persons, torturing them, extorting money from them, and murdering them. The police raided the premises several times and finally broke his operations. He has been arrested several times for criminal activities and detained for long periods during a trial. However, he could not be convicted in most of the cases as witnesses would not depose against him for fear. He, along with eleven others, were finally convicted for the murder of Shiv Sena politician Kamalakar Jamsandekar by a court in August 2012.^[26]

Colonial times[edit | edit source]

Dacoity[edit | edit source]

Dacoity is a term used for "banditry" in the Indian subcontinent. The spelling is the anglicised version of the Hindustani word daaku, "dacoit" /dəˈkɔɪt/ is a colloquial Indian English word with this meaning, it appears in the Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases (1903).^[27] Banditry is criminal activity involving robbery by groups of armed bandits. The East India Company established the Thuggee and Dacoity Department in 1830, and the Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–1848 were enacted in British India under East India Company rule. Areas with ravines or forests, such as Chambal and Chilapata Forests, were once known for dacoits.

Thuggee[edit | edit source]

Thuggee were crimes carried out by organized gangs of robbers and murderers which operated in the northern and eastern parts of the Indian subcontinent.^[28] Thugs were gangs of highway robbers, who tricked and strangled their victims with a handkerchief or noose.^[29] They would then rob and bury their victims. Sometimes they mutilated the corpses of their victims to avoid detection.^[30] The leader of a gang was called a 'jemadar'. The usage of military ranks like 'jemadar', 'subedar' and 'private' suggests that these gangs had military links.^[30] Although strangulation was their main method of murder, they also used blades and poison.^[31] The thugs comprised some who had inherited thuggee as a family vocation, and others who were forced to turn to it out of necessity.^[31] The leadership of many of the groups tended to be hereditary with family members sometimes serving together in the same band. Such Thugs were known as aseel.^[32] Not all thugs were trained by their family but rather by experienced thugs called 'guru'.^[33] While they usually kept their acts a secret, female thugs also existed and were called baronee in Ramasee, while an important male Thug was called baroo.^[34]

Thugs considered themselves to be the children of Kali, having been created from her sweat.^[35]

Organised crime in Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

There are families with blood feuds with each other in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh and parts of eastern Karnataka in India, and associated with alleged Mafia Raj. It is locally referred to as "factionalism" and involves various crimes. Activities like illegal mining are common and one of the major social and environmental issues in the region. It also persists due to illiteracy and lack of environmental awareness in the region and public inactivity, having led to severe deforestation and desertification in the region. The vendetta between the groups originated historically during the Vijayanagara Empire. This often co-exists with mafia states. Much of the mining and real estate mafia in the region is run by such families, and to avoid punishment, they are often involved in corruption and local politics. There have been numerous murders committed by rival families, including the murders of noteworthy politicians. Factionalism is one of the main reasons for which vendetta politics is widely practiced in Andhra Pradesh, and is also a major cause of rioting and domestic terrorism in the region.

Organised crime in Goa[edit | edit source]

Several local Indian, Russian, Israeli and Nigerian criminal groups are reported to be heavily involved in the organised drug trade in Goa, one of the smallest states of India. Sources reveal that there are also individual players who are British, French, Italian, Portuguese, and of other European nationalities. Some have been visiting the state for over two decades and have their fixed international and local clientele.^[36] Goa has, in recent days, become a principal hub of the international drug trade apart from being a key point of consumption. According to estimates, drugs flowing out of different foreign locations lands on the comparatively unguarded Goan coastline as Mumbai and its hinterland are no longer considered an easy route for trafficking since checks by the Coastguard, Navy, Customs, and other government bodies began.^[37]

Organised crime in Punjab[edit | edit source]

There has been a spurt in the formation and activities of such criminal gangs in Punjab over the last decade even though some gangs, have been operational in the state since the end of militancy in Punjab.^[38] Post militancy, the gangs took to contract killings. The real estate and industrial sector boom of the early 2000s saw several criminals surfacing with the primary objective of controlling unions. The flourishing of the banking sector, especially finance companies, spurred the demand for bouncers who ensured recovery of bad loans and helped in taking disputed properties. Cricket bookies also use the services of these bouncers. Around five years back when the boom in real estate ended, these gangs then turned to extortion and protection money as their source of income.^{[citation needed]} Most of these are inter-state gangs as well as the ones specializing in arms smuggling, narcotics and abduction. Kidnappings for ransom in Punjab, are something which rarely happen.^[39]

Crime Groups[edit | edit source]

Chaddi Baniyan Gangs[edit | edit source]

The Chaddi Baniyan Gangs (also known as the Kachcha Baniyan Gangs) are criminal groups operating in parts of India.^[40] Gang members perform attacks while wearing only their underwear, which is the source of their name (in the local languages, chaddi, or kachcha are underpants and baniyan is undershirts). In addition to wearing undergarments, members wear face masks and cover themselves in oil or mud to protect their identities.^[41]

The gangs tend to move in groups of 5-10 people,^[42] and wear a kurta and lungi. During the day, they gather at transport hubs or disused urban spaces. They conceal themselves as beggars or common labourers to identify potential houses to rob. Before moving on to a different town, the gangs attempt to steal from multiple homes.^[42]

Gang members tie up family members, during robberies, and murder anyone who resists. They often arm themselves with rods, axes, knives, and firearms. When they rob a house, they sometimes eat and leave their excrements. The gang members often rent cars to get around,^[43] and are suspected of robbing temples.^[44]

Kala Kachcha Gangs[edit | edit source]

Kala Kachcha Gangs (also known as Kale-Kachchewale or Kale Kachche Gangs) refers to certain organized criminal gangs in Punjab, India. The Kala Kachcha gang members are robbers and dacoits, who don police uniform or 'Kale Kachche' (black underpants)^[45] to evade detection. They put grease on their body as lubricant.

There are many such gangs suspected to be active in Punjab. They usually target families living at isolated places in the countryside and always thrash their victims before robbing them.

Activities[edit | edit source]

India is a major transit point for heroin from the Golden Triangle and Golden Crescent en route to Europe. India is also the world's largest legal grower of opium; experts estimate that 5–10% of the legal opium is converted into illegal heroin, and 8–10% is consumed in high quantities as concentrated liquid. The pharmaceutical industry is also responsible for much illegal production of mandrax, much of which is smuggled into South Africa. Diamond smuggling via South Africa is also a major criminal activity, and diamonds are sometimes used to disguise shipments of heroin. Finally, there is much money laundering in the country, mostly through the use of the traditional hawala system, although India criminalised money laundering in 2003.^[46] ^[47]

Popular culture[edit | edit source]

In the cinema of India, particularly Bollywood, crime films and gangster films inspired by organised crime in India have been produced since 1940. Indian cinema has several genres of such crime films.

Dacoit films[edit | edit source]

The dacoit film was a genre of Indian cinema that began with Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940) and gained popularity with its remake Mother India (1957) as well as Dilip Kumar's Gunga Jumna (1961). A subgenre is the Dacoit Western, popularized by Sholay (1975). These films are usually set in rural India, and often inspired by real dacoits.

Examples of the genre:

Aurat (1940)
Mother India (1957)
Gunga Jumna (1961)
Sholay (1975)
Bandit Queen (1994)
Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)

Thuggee films[edit | edit source]

Mumbai underworld films[edit | edit source]

In the early 1970s, a new genre of Indian crime films and gangster films arose, set in urban India: Bombay underworld films, later called Mumbai underworld films. These films are often inspired by real Mumbai underworld gangsters, such as Haji Mastan, Dawood Ibrahim and D-Company. These films are often set around Mumbai slums such as Dharavi or Juhu, and gangsters in these films often speak with a Tapori or Bombay Hindi street dialect.

The genre was pioneered by screenwriter duo Salim–Javed. They began the genre of gritty, violent, Bombay underworld crime films in the early 1970s, with films such as Zanjeer (1973) and Deewaar (1975).^[48]^[49] They reinterpreted the rural themes of Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) and Nitin Bose's Gunga Jumna (1961) in a contemporary urban context reflecting the socio-economic and socio-political climate of 1970s India,^[50]^[51] channeling the growing discontent and disillusionment among the masses,^[50] and unprecedented growth of slums,^[52] and dealing with themes involving urban poverty, corruption, and crime,^[53] as well as anti-establishment themes.^[54] This resulted in their creation of the "angry young man", personified by Amitabh Bachchan,^[54] who reinterpreted Dilip Kumar's performance in Gunga Jumna in a contemporary urban context.^[50]^[51]

By the mid-1970s, gritty, violent crime films and action films about gangsters (Bombay underworld) as well as bandits (dacoits) had become popular. The writing of Salim-Javed and acting of Amitabh Bachchan popularized the trend, with films such as Zanjeer and particularly Deewaar, a crime film inspired by Gunga Jumna^[48] that pitted "a policeman against his brother, a gang leader based on real-life smuggler Haji Mastan" portrayed by Bachchan; Deewaar was described as being "absolutely key to Indian cinema" by Danny Boyle.^[55] Along with Bachchan, other actors that rode the crest of this trend include Feroz Khan.^[56]

The crime films written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan reflected the socio-economic and socio-political realities of 1970s India, channeling the growing discontent and disillusionment among the masses, and the failure of the state in ensuring their welfare and well-being, in a time when prices were rapidly rising, commodities were becoming scarce, public institutions were losing legitimacy, smugglers and gangsters were gathering political clout,^[50] and there was an unprecedented growth of slums.^[52] The cinema of Salim-Javed and Amitabh Bachchan dealt with themes relevant to Indian society at the time, such as urban poverty in slums, corruption in society, and the Bombay underworld crime scene,^[53] and was perceived by audiences as anti-establishment, often represented by an "angry young man" protagonist, presented as a vigilante or anti-hero,^[54] with his suppressed rage giving a voice to the angst of the urban poor.^[52]

Later films in the genre include Ram Gopal Verma's Satya (1998) and Company (2002), based on the D-Company, which both offered "slick, often mesmerising portrayals of the Mumbai underworld" and displayed realistic "brutality and urban violence." Another notable film in the genre was Black Friday (2004), adapted from Hussein Zaidi's book of the same name about the 1993 Bombay bombings.^[55]^[57]^[58]^[59]

The genre later inspired the film Slumdog Millionaire (2009), which drew inspiration from Mumbai underworld films. Its influences included Deewaar,^[60]^[61] Satya, Company, and Black Friday.^[55]^[57]^[58]^[59] 1970s Bollywood crime films such as Deewaar and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) also have similarities to the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s Hong Kong action cinema.^[62] Deewaar had a Hong Kong remake, The Brothers (1979),^[63] which went on to inspire John Woo's internationally acclaimed breakthrough A Better Tomorrow (1986),^[64]^[63] which set the template for the heroic bloodshed genre in Hong Kong cinema.^[65]^[66]

Examples of the Mumbai underworld film genre:

Zanjeer (1973)
Deewaar (1975)
Don franchise (1978–2012)
Nayakan (1986)
Salaam Bombay! (1988)
Aryan (1988)
Parinda (1989)
Abhimanyu (1991)
Baashha (1995)
Satya (1998)
Company (2002)
Black Friday (2004)
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008), a film inspired by Mumbai underworld films from Indian cinema
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! (2013)
Businessman (2012)
Shootout at Wadala (2013) a film is about Life Of Manohar Arjun Surve (Manya Surve)
Thalaivaa (2013)
Raees (2017)
Sacred Games (2018), a Netflix-produced television series based on the Mumbai underworld
K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018) and K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2021)
Mumbai Saga (2021)
Bandra (2023)
They Call Him OG (2025)

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[1] "'Baap of Gandhinagar' arrested". The Times of India. 24 February 2012.

[2] Singh, Gagandeep. "Canada murders spark calls to label India's Bishnoi gang a 'terror' group". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-08-26.

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+{{Short description|none}}
-{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
+<!-- This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" - please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! -->
+{{Infobox Criminal organization
+| name = Indian mafia
+| founded = 1940s
+| founding_location = [[India]]
+| years_active = 1940s–present
+| territory =  India, [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/international/story/19890915-two-gangs-of-indian-youth-linked-with-major-crime-syndicates-in-uk-816530-1989-09-14 |title=Two gangs of Indian youth linked with major crime syndicates in UK |date= 15 September 1989|accessdate=17 March 2024}}</ref>  [[Australia]], [[United States]], [[Mauritius]], [[Iran]], [[Malaysia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fountainink.in/essay/malaysia039s-indian-gangsters|title=Malaysia's Indian gangsters |date= |accessdate=17 March 2024}}</ref> [[Singapore]], [[Kuwait]], [[Qatar]], [[UAE]], [[Oman]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Jordan]], [[Indonesia]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-indonesia-crime/indonesia-arrests-indias-most-wanted-criminal-after-20-years-on-the-run-idUSKCN0SK1K220151026/|title=Indonesia arrests India's most wanted criminal after 20 years on the run |work=Reuters |date= 26 October 2015|accessdate=26 August 2025}}</ref> [[Nigeria]], [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/e22b081a-d434-41d2-97ee-ba2ccb6948f0|title=Professional Gangsters in South African Indian Society |date= |accessdate=26 August 2025}}</ref> [[Somalia]], [[Fiji]], [[Guyana]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Owen |first1=Taylor |last2=Grigsby |first2=Alexandre |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep10731.10.pdf|title=The three types of Guyanese gangs |date= 2012|pages=29–34 |publisher=Small Arms Survey |jstor=resrep10731.10 |accessdate=26 August 2025}}</ref>
+| ethnicity = [[Indian people|Indians]], [[Indian diaspora]]
+| criminal_activities = [[Racketeering]], [[smuggling]], [[extortion]], [[loan sharking]], [[raping]], [[human trafficking]], [[money laundering]], [[robbery]], [[arms trafficking]], [[drug trafficking]], [[illegal gambling]], [[illegal mining]], [[bribery]], [[Skimming (fraud)|skimming]], [[murder]], [[contract killing]], [[kidnapping]], [[forgery]], [[assault]]
+| allies = [[crime in Afghanistan#opium cultivation|Afghan mafia]]<br />[[gangs in canada|Canadian mafia]]
+| rivals = [[Organised crime in Pakistan|Pakistani mafia]]
+}}
-{{Infobox Criminal organization
+There is no firm data to indicate the number of [[organised criminal gangs]] operating in [[India]], their membership, their ''[[modus operandi]]'', and the areas of their operations. Their structure and leadership patterns may not strictly fall in line with the classical [[Sicilian Mafia]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Baap of Gandhinagar' arrested |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/baap-of-gandhinagar-arrested/articleshow/12011844.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |date=24 February 2012}}</ref>
-| name = Organised crime in India
-| founded =
-| founding location = [[India]]
-| territory = Active in all parts of India
-| criminal activities = [[Racketeering]], [[dacoity]], [[internet fraud]], [[smuggling]], [[entryism]], [[extortion]], [[loan sharking]], [[human trafficking]], [[money laundering]], [[robbery]], [[terrorism]], [[Smuggling|bootlegging]], [[arms trafficking]], [[gambling]], [[bribery]], [[Skimming (fraud)|skimming]], [[murder]] and [[forgery]]
-| allies = [[Indo-Canadian organised crime|Indo-Canadian gangs]], [[Russian mafia]], [[Israeli mafia]]}}
-'''Organised crime in India''' refers to [[Organized crime|organised crime]] elements originating in India and active in many parts of the world. The purpose of organised crime in India, as elsewhere in the world, is monetary gain. Its virulent form in modern times is due to several socio-economic and political factors and advances in science and technology. There is no firm data{{citation needed|reason=Wikipedia authors cannot prove that no such data exists, so this needs to be rephrased to cite someone in authority who searched but could not find such data|date=October 2021}} to indicate the number of organised criminal gangs operating in the country, their membership, their ''[[modus operandi]]'' and the areas of their operations. Their structure and leadership patterns may not strictly fall in line with the classical [[Organized crime in Italy|Italian mafia]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
+Indian organized crime is also prevalent outside of India, mainly in [[Western world|western]] countries such as [[Canada]], the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. In Canada Indian organized crime groups have been involved in extortion, targeted violence and terrorism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Gagandeep |title=Canada murders spark calls to label India's Bishnoi gang a 'terror' group |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/8/8/canada-murders-spark-calls-to-label-indias-bishnoi-gang-a-terror-group |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> The ongoing [[Canada–India diplomatic row|diplomatic row]] between Canada and India is in relation to this. Unrelated to the established crime groups in India, are there also crime groups of [[Indian diaspora#Person of Indian Origin (PIO)|Indian-origin]] engaging in criminal activities such as [[Drug trafficking organizations|drugtrafficking]], [[extortion]], [[smuggling]] and [[money laundering]] in [[Indo-Canadian organized crime|Canada]] and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Shantanu Nandan |date=2024-09-14 |title=All the world is a gang: The story of the borderless new-generation Indian-origin gangsters |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/all-the-world-is-a-gang-the-story-of-the-borderless-new-generation-indian-origin-gangsters/articleshow/113354641.cms?from=mdr#google_vignette |access-date=2025-08-26 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-07-17 |title=UK busts gang of British-Indians over drugs, money laundering after 2-year probe |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/indians-abroad/story/indian-origin-crime-gang-uk-busted-police-drugs-money-laundering-assets-seized-nca-gucci-rolex-daytona-watch-2567971-2024-07-17 |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Mumbai underworld==
+{{redirect|Mumbai mafia|the 2023 Indian documentary film|Mumbai Mafia: Police vs Underworld}}
+[[Mumbai]] is the financial capital of India. Over a period of time, the Mumbai underworld has been dominated by several different groups and mobsters.
-The Mumbai underworld, also known as the Bombay underworld, refers to the organised crime network in the city of [[Mumbai]], in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in India. Mumbai is the largest city of India and its financial capital. Over a period of time, the Mumbai underworld has been dominated by several different groups and mobsters.
+===1940s–1980s===
-===1940s-1980s===
 The powerful trio of [[Haji Mastan]], [[Varadarajan Mudaliar]], and [[Karim Lala]] enjoyed backing from their communities.
-[[Karim Lala]] and his family members' groups operated in the Bombay docks. They were often called "[[Afghans|Afghan]] mafia" or "[[Pashtuns|Pathan]] mafia", terms coined by Bombay law enforcement because the majority of this crime syndicate's members were ethnic [[Pashtuns]] from [[Afghanistan]]'s [[Kunar province]]. They were especially involved in [[hashish]] trafficking, [[protection racket]]s, [[extortion]], [[illegal gambling]], gold smuggling, and [[contract killing]]s, and held a firm stranglehold over parts of Mumbai's underworld.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc5bBAAAQBAJ&q=pathan+mafia&pg=PT92|title=Dongri to Dubai|website=google.be|isbn=9788174368188|access-date=6 May 2015|last1=Hussain Zaidi|first1=S.|date=10 August 2012}}</ref> Lala controlled bootlegging and gambling in the city in 1940, and was the undisputed king of the trade until 1985.
+Haji Mastan, originally known as Mastan Haider Mirza, was a Bombay-based [[Tamils|Tamil]] [[mobster]] who became the first celebrity [[gangster]] in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai).<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-Tamil-dons-ruled-Bombay/articleshow/49623540.cms|title=When Tamil dons ruled Bombay |work= Times of India |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Born in 1926 in a [[Tamils|Tamil]] family in Pannaikulam, near Ramanathapuram, [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay" /> At age 8, he moved to Bombay with his father. The father–son duo ran a small cycle repair shop in Crawford market. Ten years later, in 1944, Mastan joined the Bombay docks as a porter and from there entered organised crime. He worked in association with Karim Lala and by the 1960s became a rich man. He amassed millions from smuggling gold, silver, and electronic goods and expanded his clout in the film industry by investing his money with directors and studios in [[Bollywood]] film production.<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-three-underworld-dons-who-rode-bombay-from-the-60s-to-early-80s-2083454 |title=Three underworld dons who rode Bombay from the 60s to early 80s - Latest News & Updates |website=Daily News & Analysis |date=5 May 2015|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> As Mastan's influence in Bollywood grew, he began to produce films himself and was a well-known producer.<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay" />
-[[Haji Mastan]], originally known as Mastan Haider Mirza, was a Bombay-based [[Tamil Muslim]] [[mobster]] who became the first celebrity [[gangster]] in the city of Bombay.<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-Tamil-dons-ruled-Bombay/articleshow/49623540.cms|title=When Tamil dons ruled Bombay |work= Times of India|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Born in 1926 in a [[Tamils|Tamil]] family in Pannaikulam, near Ramanathapuram, [[Tamil Nadu]],<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay"/> At age 8, moved to Bombay with his father. The father-son duo ran a small cycle repair shop in Crawford market. 10 years later, in 1944, Mastan joined the Bombay docks as a porter and from there entered organised crime. He worked in association with [[Karim Lala]] and by the 1960s became a rich man. He amassed millions from smuggling gold, silver, and electronic goods, and expanded his clout in the film industry by investing his money with directors and studios, in film production in Bollywood.<ref name="dnaindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-three-underworld-dons-who-rode-bombay-from-the-60s-to-early-80s-2083454|title=Three underworld dons who rode Bombay from the 60s to early 80s - Latest News & Updates |website= Daily News & Analysis|date=5 May 2015|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> As Mastan's influence in [[Bollywood]] grew, he began to produce films himself and was a well-known producer.<ref name="When Tamil dons ruled Bombay"/>
+Varadarajan Mudaliar, popularly known as ''Vardha Bhai'', was a Bombay-based ethnic [[Tamils|Tamil]] mobster. He came to be known as Vardhabhai, operated from the early 1960s to 1980, and was accorded equal clout to Haji Mastan and Karim Lala. Starting off as a porter, he had his first brush with the crime world when he began selling illicit liquor.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} He commanded much respect within the Tamil community and ran a parallel justice system where his verdict was the final law of the land and binding in areas such as [[Dharavi]] and [[Matunga]], which are believed to have a large presence of Tamils.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Mudaliar, in tandem with Haji Mastan, ventured into stealing dock cargo. He later diversified into [[contract killing]]s and the narcotics trade. He enjoyed a successful stint in the 1970s controlling the criminal operations in the east and north-central Bombay. Karim Lala commanded south and central Bombay, and the majority of smuggling and illegal construction financing was Haji Mastan's domain.<ref name="dnaindia.com" />
-[[Varadarajan Mudaliar]] (born Varadarajan Muniswami Mudaliar), popularly known as ''Vardha Bhai'', was a Bombay-based ethnic [[Tamil Hindu]] mafia mobster. He came to be known as Vardhabhai, operated from the early 1960s to 1980, and was accorded equal clout to Haji Mastan and Karim Lala. Starting off as a porter, he had his first brush with the crime world when he began selling illicit liquor. He commanded much respect within the Tamil community and ran a parallel justice system where his verdict was the final law of the land and binding in areas such as [[Dharavi]] and [[Matunga]], which are believed to have a large presence of Tamils. The Tamil mob boss, in tandem with Haji Mastan, ventured into stealing dock cargo. He later diversified into contract killings and the narcotics trade. He enjoyed a successful stint in the 1970s controlling the criminal operations in the east and north-central Bombay. Karim Lala commanded south and central Bombay, and the majority of smuggling and illegal construction financing was Haji Mastan's domain.<ref name="dnaindia.com"/>
+Karim Lala and his family members' groups operated in the Bombay docks. They were often called "[[Afghans|Afghan]] mafia" or "[[Pashtuns|Pathan]] mafia", terms coined by Bombay law enforcement because the majority of this crime syndicate's members were ethnic [[Pashtuns]] from [[Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]'s [[Kunar province]]. They were especially involved in [[hashish]] trafficking, [[protection racket]]s, [[extortion]], [[illegal gambling]], gold smuggling, and [[contract killing]]s and held a firm stranglehold over parts of Mumbai's underworld.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zaidi |first=S. Hussain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc5bBAAAQBAJ&q=pathan+mafia&pg=PT92 |title=Dongri to Dubai |date=10 August 2012 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=9788174368188 |access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref> Lala controlled bootlegging and gambling in the city in 1940, and was the undisputed king of the trade until 1985.
-===1980s{{ndash}}present===
+===1980s–present===
-[[D-Company]] is the organised crime group controlled by [[Dawood Ibrahim]], which originated in [[Mumbai]]. It has been argued that the D-Company is not a stereotypical organised crime cartel in the strict sense of the word, but rather a collusion of criminal terrorist groups based around Ibrahim's personal control and leadership.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-slaps-sanctions-against-chhota-shakeel-tiger-memon/article3423272.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=U.S. slaps sanctions against Chhota Shakeel, Tiger Memon | date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1544569,00300001.htm|title=Untitled Page|access-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074338/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1544569,00300001.htm|archive-date=8 November 2014}}</ref> Ibrahim is currently on [[Interpol]]'s wanted list for cheating, [[criminal conspiracy]], and running an [[organised crime syndicate]];<ref name=Interpol>{{cite web |title=Shaikh, Dawood Hasan |website=[[Interpol]] |url=http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/%28wanted_id%29/1993-14193 |access-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212010010/http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/(wanted_id)/1993-14193 |archive-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2008 he was number two on Forbes' list of ''The World's 10 Most Wanted''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/06/14/most-wanted-fugitives_slide_4.html |title=Dawood 4th 'most wanted' criminal on Forbes list|work=The Times of India|date=28 April 2008|access-date= 16 April 2012}}</ref> He is accused of heading an illegal empire against India and Indians. After the [[1993 Bombay bombings]], which Ibrahim allegedly organised and financed with [[Tiger Memon]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/The-ones-who-got-away/articleshow/2254905.cms|title=The ones who got away|website=indiatimes.com}}</ref> both became India's most wanted men.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4775531.stm |work=BBC News |title=Profile: India's fugitive gangster |date=12 September 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=India Today|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-media-has-already-painted-me-black-dawood-ibrahim/1/293945.html|title=I am happy Yakub Memon has been caught}}</ref> According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Ibrahim may have had ties with [[Osama bin Laden]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Treasury.gov|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 19, 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119015042/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2009 }}. treasury.gov</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/isi-shifts-underworld-don-dawood-ibrahim-to-pakistan-afghanistan-border/articleshow/44943006.cms |title=isi-shifts-underworld-don-dawood-ibrahim-to-pakistan-afghanistan-border|website=economictimes.indiatimes.com}}</ref> Consequently, the United States declared Ibrahim a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the [[United Nations]], in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations.<ref name="ID">{{cite news |title=Bush administration imposes sanctions on India's most wanted criminals Dawood Ibrahim and sai bansod |work=IndiaDaily |date=2 June 2006 |url=http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9367.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212112236/http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9367.asp |archive-date=12 February 2007 }}</ref> Indian and Russian intelligence agencies have pointed out Ibrahim's possible involvement in several other terror attacks, including the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]],<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dawood-behind-mumbai-attacks-ats-sources/79364-3.html?from=rssfeed "Dawood behind Mumbai attacks: ATS sources"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019170124/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dawood-behind-mumbai-attacks-ats-sources/79364-3.html?from=rssfeed |date=October 19, 2013 }}. Ibnlive. Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-18/india/27945087_1_mumbai-terror-attacks-terror-network-joint-statement | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080338/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-18/india/27945087_1_mumbai-terror-attacks-terror-network-joint-statement | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 October 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Dawood directly involved in Mumbai attack: Russia intelligence |date=18 December 2008}}</ref> as per Interpol.<ref name=Interpol /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/17daw.htm |title=Dawood Ibrahim is a global terrorist: US |work=Rediff.com |date=2003-10-17 |access-date=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/intelligence-agencies-track-down-dawood-ibrahims-house-in-pakistan-say-isi-is-hosting-him-994109.html |title=Intelligence agencies |publisher=IBNLive |date=2015-05-19 |access-date=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dawood-is-a-terrorist-has-strategic-alliance-with-ISI-says-US/articleshow/5418149.cms |title=Dawood is a terrorist, has 'strategic alliance' with ISI, says US - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2010-01-07 |access-date=2015-08-10}}</ref> Ever since he took to hiding, his location has been [[Search for Dawood Ibrahim|frequently traced]] to [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], a claim which Pakistani authorities have denied.<ref name="BanksNevers2007">{{cite book|author1=William C. Banks|author2=Renée de Nevers|author3=Mitchel B. Wallerstein|title=Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2UXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT113|date=1 October 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-7092-7|pages=113}}</ref>
+[[D-Company]] is the organised crime group controlled by [[Dawood Ibrahim]] which originated in [[Mumbai]]. It has been argued that the D-Company is not a stereotypical organised crime cartel in the strict sense of the word, but rather a collusion of criminal terrorist groups based around Ibrahim's personal control and leadership.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-slaps-sanctions-against-chhota-shakeel-tiger-memon/article3423272.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=U.S. slaps sanctions against Chhota Shakeel, Tiger Memon | date=2012-05-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1544569,00300001.htm|title=Untitled Page|access-date=26 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108074338/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1544569,00300001.htm|archive-date=8 November 2014}}</ref> Ibrahim is currently on [[Interpol]]'s wanted list for [[cheating]], [[criminal conspiracy]], and running an [[organised crime syndicate]],<ref name="Interpol">{{cite web |title=Shaikh, Dawood Hasan |website=[[Interpol]] |url=http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/%28wanted_id%29/1993-14193 |access-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212010010/http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/(wanted_id)/1993-14193 |archive-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2008 he was number two on Forbes' list of ''The World's 10 Most Wanted''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2011/06/14/most-wanted-fugitives_slide_4.html |title=Dawood 4th 'most wanted' criminal on Forbes list|work=The Times of India|date=28 April 2008|access-date= 16 April 2012}}</ref> He is accused of heading an illegal empire against India and Indians. After the [[1993 Bombay bombings]], which Ibrahim allegedly organised and financed with [[Tiger Memon]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/specials/The-ones-who-got-away/articleshow/2254905.cms|title=The ones who got away|newspaper=The Times of India|date=4 August 2007 }}</ref> both men became part of India's most wanted.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4775531.stm |work=BBC News |title=Profile: India's fugitive gangster |date=12 September 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|website=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/india-today-archives/story/19940831-indian-media-has-already-painted-me-black-dawood-ibrahim-809581-1999-11-29|title=I am happy Yakub Memon has been caught}}</ref> According to the [[United States Department of the Treasury]], Ibrahim may have had ties with [[Osama bin Laden]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Treasury.gov|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 19, 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119015042/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/fact_sheet.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/isi-shifts-underworld-don-dawood-ibrahim-to-pakistan-afghanistan-border/articleshow/44943006.cms |title=isi-shifts-underworld-don-dawood-ibrahim-to-pakistan-afghanistan-border|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> Consequently, the United States declared Ibrahim a "[[Specially Designated Global Terrorist]]" in 2003 and pursued the matter before the [[United Nations]] in an attempt to freeze his assets around the world and crack down on his operations.<ref name="ID">{{cite news |title=Bush administration imposes sanctions on India's most wanted criminals Dawood Ibrahim and sai bansod |work=IndiaDaily |date=2 June 2006 |url=http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9367.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212112236/http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/9367.asp |archive-date=12 February 2007 }}</ref> Indian and Russian intelligence agencies have pointed out Ibrahim's possible involvement in several other terror attacks, including the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]].<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dawood-behind-mumbai-attacks-ats-sources/79364-3.html "Dawood behind Mumbai attacks: ATS sources"]. ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019170124/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/dawood-behind-mumbai-attacks-ats-sources/79364-3.html |date=October 19, 2013 }}). Ibnlive. Retrieved 16 April 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dawood-directly-involved-in-Mumbai-attack-Russia-intelligence/articleshow/3856641.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080338/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-12-18/india/27945087_1_mumbai-terror-attacks-terror-network-joint-statement | url-status=live | archive-date=14 October 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Dawood directly involved in Mumbai attack: Russia intelligence |date=18 December 2008}}</ref><ref name=Interpol /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/oct/17daw.htm |title=Dawood Ibrahim is a global terrorist: US |work=Rediff.com |date=2003-10-17 |access-date=2015-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/intelligence-agencies-track-down-dawood-ibrahims-house-in-pakistan-say-isi-is-hosting-him-994109.html |title=Intelligence agencies |publisher=IBNLive |date=2015-05-19 |access-date=2015-08-10 |archive-date=2015-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709071842/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/intelligence-agencies-track-down-dawood-ibrahims-house-in-pakistan-say-isi-is-hosting-him-994109.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dawood-is-a-terrorist-has-strategic-alliance-with-ISI-says-US/articleshow/5418149.cms |title=Dawood is a terrorist, has 'strategic alliance' with ISI, says US - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2010-01-07 |access-date=2015-08-10}}</ref> Ever since he went into hiding, Ibrahim's location has been [[Search for Dawood Ibrahim|frequently traced]] to [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]], a claim which Pakistani authorities have denied.<ref name="BanksNevers2007">{{cite book|author1=William C. Banks|author2=Renée de Nevers|author3=Mitchel B. Wallerstein|title=Combating Terrorism: Strategies and Approaches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2UXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT113|date=1 October 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-7092-7|pages=113}}</ref>
-[[Chotta Rajan]] is the boss of a major crime syndicate based in [[Mumbai]]. He was a former key aide and lieutenant of [[Dawood Ibrahim]]. Starting as a petty thief and bootlegger working for [[Bada Rajan|Rajan Nair]], also known as ''Bada Rajan'' (Big Rajan), Chhota Rajan took over the reins of Bada Rajan's gang after Bada Rajan's murder. Later, he was affiliated with and operated at the behest of Dawood in Mumbai and eventually fled India to Dubai in 1988. He is wanted for many criminal cases that include [[extortion]], murder, [[smuggling]], drug trafficking and [[film finance]]. His brother is said to produce films financed by Rajan. He is also wanted in 17 murder cases and several more attempted murders. Chhota Rajan was arrested in [[Bali]] by Indonesian police on 25 October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chhota Rajan arrested in Indonesia after decades on the run|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZfmejLWJlCFsvqEfzInBNL/Chhota-Rajan-arrested-in-Indonesia-after-two-decades-on-the.html|access-date=26 October 2015|publisher=DNA|date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He was extradited to India on 6 November after 27 years on the run and is currently awaiting trial in CBI custody.<ref>m.firstpost.com/india/chhota-rajan-finally-brought-to-india-after-27-years-on-the-run-2497094.html</ref>
+[[Chotta Rajan]] is the boss of a major crime syndicate based in [[Mumbai]]. He was a former key aide and lieutenant of Dawood Ibrahim. Starting as a petty thief and [[Rum-running|bootlegger]] working for [[Bada Rajan|Rajan Nair]], also known as ''Bada Rajan'' (Big Rajan), Chota Rajan took the reins of Bada Rajan's gang after Bada Rajan's murder. Later, he was affiliated with and operated at the behest of Dawood in Mumbai and eventually fled India to Dubai in 1988. He is wanted for many criminal cases that include [[extortion]], murder, [[smuggling]], [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficking]], and [[film finance]]. His brother is said to produce films financed by Rajan. He is wanted in 17 murder cases and several more attempted murders. Chhota Rajan was arrested in [[Bali]] by Indonesian police on 25 October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chhota Rajan arrested in Indonesia after decades on the run|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZfmejLWJlCFsvqEfzInBNL/Chhota-Rajan-arrested-in-Indonesia-after-two-decades-on-the.html|access-date=26 October 2015|publisher=DNA|date=26 October 2015}}</ref> He was extradited to India on 6 November after 27 years on the run and is currently awaiting trial in [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] custody.<ref>m.firstpost.com/india/chhota-rajan-finally-brought-to-india-after-27-years-on-the-run-2497094.html</ref>
-[[Arun Gawli]]'s gang is based at [[Dagdi Chawl]] in [[Byculla]], [[Mumbai]]. He started his criminal activities there and used the rooms there for keeping kidnapped persons, torturing them, extorting money from them and murdering them. The police raided the premises several times and finally broke his operations. He has been arrested several times for criminal activities and detained for long periods during a trial. However, he could not be convicted in most of the cases as witnesses would not depose against him for fear. He was finally convicted for the murder of [[Shiv Sena]] leader Kamalakar Jamsandekar by a court in August 2012. Gawli and eleven others were found guilty of Jamsandekar's murder.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arun Gawli convicted in murder case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Arun-Gawli-convicted-in-murder-case/article12706823.ece |access-date=24 August 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=August 24, 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
+[[Arun Gawli]]'s gang is based at [[Dagdi Chawl]] in [[Byculla]], Mumbai. Gawli started his criminal activities there and used the rooms there for keeping kidnapped persons, torturing them, extorting money from them, and murdering them. The police raided the premises several times and finally broke his operations. He has been arrested several times for criminal activities and detained for long periods during a trial. However, he could not be convicted in most of the cases as witnesses would not depose against him for fear. He, along with eleven others, were finally convicted for the murder of [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]] politician Kamalakar Jamsandekar by a court in August 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arun Gawli convicted in murder case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Arun-Gawli-convicted-in-murder-case/article12706823.ece |access-date=24 August 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=August 24, 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
-==Dacoity==
+== Colonial times ==
+=== Dacoity ===
 {{Main|Dacoity}}
 Dacoity is a term used for "[[banditry]]" in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The spelling is the [[anglicised]] version of the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] word ''daaku'', "dacoit" {{IPAc-en|d|ə|ˈ|k|ɔɪ|t}} is a colloquial [[Indian English]] word with this meaning, it appears in the [[Hobson-Jobson|''Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases'']] (1903).<ref>Here, "Anglo-Indian" refers to the language, or linguistic usage. See Yule, Henry and Burnell, Arthur Coke (1886) ''[[Hobson-Jobson|Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive]]'' J. Murry, London; reprinted 1903; see page [https://books.google.com/books?id=6Z5iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA290 page 290] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628030029/http://books.google.com/books?id=6Z5iAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA290 |date=2014-06-28 }} of the 1903 edition for "dacoit".</ref> [[Bandit#Banditry|Banditry]] is criminal activity involving robbery by groups of armed bandits. The [[East India Company]] established the [[Thuggee and Dacoity Department]] in 1830, and the [[Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836–1848]] were enacted in [[British India]] under [[Company rule in India|East India Company rule]]. Areas with ravines or forests, such as [[Chambal division|Chambal]] and [[Chilapata Forests]], were once known for dacoits.
-== Andhra Pradesh factionalism ==
+=== Thuggee ===
+{{Main|Thuggee}}
+[[File:Thugs Strangling Traveller.jpg|thumb|Thugs strangling a traveller.]]
+[[Thuggee]] were crimes carried out by organized gangs of robbers and murderers which operated in the northern and eastern parts of the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thugs |url=https://www.1902encyclopedia.com/T/THU/thugs.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.1902encyclopedia.com}}</ref> Thugs were gangs of highway robbers, who tricked and [[garrote|strangled]] their victims with a handkerchief or noose.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kastan |first=David Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlMUSz-hiuEC&pg=RA4-PA141 |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature: 5-Volume Set |date=2006-03-03 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-516921-8 |language=en}}</ref>  They would then rob and bury their victims. Sometimes they mutilated the corpses of their victims to avoid detection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dash |first=Mike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XMfasdSA9EC&pg=PA73 |title=Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult |date=2011-02-03 |publisher=Granta Publications |isbn=978-1-84708-473-6 |language=en}}</ref> The leader of a gang was called a '[[jemadar]]'. The usage of military ranks like 'jemadar', '[[subedar]]' and '[[Private (rank)|private]]' suggests that these gangs had military links.<ref name=":0" /> Although strangulation was their main method of murder, they also used blades and poison.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Wagner |first=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R1CBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |title=Thuggee: Banditry and the British in Early Nineteenth-Century India |date=2007-07-12 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-59020-5 |language=en}}</ref> The thugs comprised some who had inherited thuggee as a family vocation, and others who were forced to turn to it out of necessity.<ref name=":1" /> The leadership of many of the groups tended to be hereditary with family members sometimes serving together in the same band. Such Thugs were known as ''aseel''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dash |first=Mike |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XMfasdSA9EC&pg=PA87 |title=Thug: The True Story Of India's Murderous Cult |date=2011-02-03 |publisher=Granta Publications |isbn=978-1-84708-473-6 |language=en}}</ref> Not all thugs were trained by their family but rather by experienced thugs called '[[guru]]'.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XMfasdSA9EC&pg=PA84 | title=Thug: The True Story of India's Murderous Cult | isbn=9781847084736 | last1=Dash | first1=Mike | date=3 February 2011 | publisher=Granta Publications }}</ref> While they usually kept their acts a secret, female thugs also existed and were called ''baronee'' in Ramasee, while an important male Thug was called ''baroo''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wœrkens |first=Martine van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HPc_EgwUg8C&pg=PA146 |title=The Strangled Traveler: Colonial Imaginings and the Thugs of India |date= November 2002|publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-85085-6 |language=en}}</ref>
+Thugs considered themselves to be the children of [[Kali]], having been created from her sweat.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Luchesi |first1=Brigitte |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-uSxOSwDclYC&pg=PA623 |title=Religion im kulturellen Diskurs: Festschrift für Hans G. Kippenberg zu seinem 65. Geburtstag |last2=Stuckrad |first2=Kocku von |date=2004 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-017790-9 |language=en}}</ref>
+== Organised crime in Andhra Pradesh ==
 {{See also|Rayalaseema#Factionalism}}
-There are families with [[blood feud]]s with each other in the [[Rayalaseema]] region of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and parts of eastern  [[Karnataka]] in India, and associated with alleged [[Mafia Raj]]. It is locally referred to as "factionalism" and involves various crimes. Activities like [[illegal mining]] are common and one of the major social and environmental issues in the region. It also persists due to illiteracy and lack of environmental awareness in the region and public inactivity, having led to severe deforestation and desertification in the region. The vendetta between the groups originated historically during the [[Vijayanagara empire]]. This often co-exists with [[mafia state]]s. Much of the mining and real estate mafia in the region is run by such families, and to avoid punishment, they are often involved in [[Corruption in India|corruption]] and local politics. There have been numerous murders committed by rival families, including the murders of noteworthy politicians. Factionalism is one of the main reasons for which vendetta politics is widely practiced in Andhra Pradesh, and is also a major cause of rioting and [[domestic terrorism]] in the region.
+There are families with [[blood feud]]s with each other in the [[Rayalaseema]] region of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and parts of eastern  [[Karnataka]] in India, and associated with alleged [[Mafia Raj]]. It is locally referred to as "factionalism" and involves various crimes. Activities like [[illegal mining]] are common and one of the major social and environmental issues in the region. It also persists due to illiteracy and lack of environmental awareness in the region and public inactivity, having led to severe deforestation and [[desertification]] in the region. The vendetta between the groups originated historically during the [[Vijayanagara empire|Vijayanagara Empire]]. This often co-exists with [[mafia state]]s. Much of the mining and real estate mafia in the region is run by such families, and to avoid punishment, they are often involved in [[Corruption in India|corruption]] and local politics. There have been numerous murders committed by rival families, including the murders of noteworthy politicians. Factionalism is one of the main reasons for which vendetta politics is widely practiced in Andhra Pradesh, and is also a major cause of rioting and [[domestic terrorism]] in the region.
+==Organised crime in Goa==
+Several local Indian, [[Russian Mafia|Russian]], [[Israeli mafia|Israeli]] and [[Nigerian mafia|Nigerian]] criminal groups are reported to be heavily involved in the organised drug trade in [[Goa]], one of the smallest states of India. Sources reveal that there are also individual players who are British, French, Italian, Portuguese, and of other European nationalities. Some have been visiting the state for over two decades and have their fixed international and local clientele.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goas-drug-pie-sliced-up-between-foreign-local-gangs/articleshow/47005988.cms|title=Goa's drug pie sliced up between foreign, local gangs - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 April 2015 |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Goa has, in recent days, become a principal hub of the international drug trade apart from being a key point of consumption. According to estimates, drugs flowing out of different foreign locations lands on the comparatively unguarded Goan coastline as Mumbai and its hinterland are no longer considered an easy route for trafficking since checks by the [[Indian Coastguard|Coastguard]], [[Indian Navy|Navy]], Customs, and other government bodies began.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20101108-goa-sex-mafia-on-cocaine-coast-744599-2010-10-28|title=Goa: Sex & mafia on cocaine coast|date=29 October 2010 |access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
+==Organised crime in Punjab==
+There has been a spurt in the formation and activities of such criminal gangs in Punjab over the last decade even though some gangs, have been operational in the state since the end of [[Insurgency in Punjab|militancy in Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/punjab-gangs-crime-in-punjab-vicky-gounder-jaswinder-singh-shiromani-akali-dal/story/1/10426.html|title=How bloodthirsty Facebook posts from prison, gang wars fuel Punjab's hellhole|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Post militancy, the gangs took to contract killings. The real estate and industrial sector boom of the early 2000s saw several criminals surfacing with the primary objective of controlling [[Trade unions in India|unions]]. The flourishing of the banking sector, especially finance companies, spurred the demand for bouncers who ensured recovery of bad loans and helped in taking disputed properties. [[Cricket]] [[Bookmaker|bookies]] also use the services of these bouncers. Around five years back when the boom in real estate ended, these gangs then turned to extortion and protection money as their source of income.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Most of these are inter-state gangs as well as the ones specializing in arms smuggling, narcotics and abduction. Kidnappings for ransom in Punjab, are something which rarely happen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2016/05/rocky-gang-this-time-in-punjab/|title=Rocky & Gang, this time in Punjab - Gurvinder Kaur - Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|website=www.tehelka.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092132/http://www.tehelka.com/2016/05/rocky-gang-this-time-in-punjab/|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+== Crime Groups ==
+=== Chaddi Baniyan Gangs ===
+{{main|Chaddi Baniyan Gang}}
+The '''Chaddi Baniyan Gangs''' (also known as the '''Kachcha Baniyan Gangs''') are [[organized crime|criminal groups]] operating in parts of India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-07-26 |title=Chaddi-Baniyan gang returns to haunt city |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Chaddi-Baniyan-gang-returns-to-haunt-city/articleshow/4821073.cms |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Gang members perform attacks while wearing only their underwear, which is the source of their name (in the local languages, ''chaddi'', or ''kachcha'' are underpants and ''baniyan'' is undershirts). In addition to wearing undergarments, members wear face masks and cover themselves in oil or mud to protect their identities.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-08 |title=Welcome to DainikKausar.com - Daily News Paper, Bhopal, Delhi |url=http://dainikkausar.com/news_detail.php?id=125&type=2 |access-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061214/http://dainikkausar.com/news_detail.php?id=125&type=2 |archive-date=2014-05-08 }}</ref>
-==Goa mafia==
+The gangs tend to move in groups of 5-10 people,<ref name="khabar.ibnlive.in.com">{{Cite web |date=2014-12-15 |title=कच्छा-बनियान गिरोह की दिल्ली में दस्तक, दो जगह लूट - IBN Khabar |work=IBNkhabar.com |url=http://khabar.ibnlive.in.com//news/52306/3/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215042843/http://khabar.ibnlive.in.com//news/52306/3/ |archive-date=2014-12-15 }}</ref> and wear a ''[[kurta]]'' and ''[[lungi]]''. During the day, they gather at transport hubs or disused urban spaces. They conceal themselves as beggars or common labourers to identify potential houses to rob. Before moving on to a different town, the gangs attempt to steal from multiple homes.<ref name="khabar.ibnlive.in.com"/>
-Several local Indian, [[Russian Mafia|Russian]], [[Israeli mafia|Israeli]] and [[Nigerian mafia]] groups are heavily involved in the organised drug trade in [[Goa]], one of the smallest states of India. Sources reveal that there are also individual players who are British, French, Italian, Portuguese and from other European countries. Some have been visiting the state for over two decades and have their fixed international and local clientele.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goas-drug-pie-sliced-up-between-foreign-local-gangs/articleshow/47005988.cms|title=Goa's drug pie sliced up between foreign, local gangs - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Goa has, in recent days become a principal hub of the international drug trade, apart from being a key point of consumption. According to estimates, drugs flowing out of different foreign locations lands on the comparatively unguarded Goan coastline as Mumbai and its hinterland are no longer considered an easy route for trafficking, since the checks by the Coastguard, Navy, customs patrols and other government bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goa-sex-&-mafia-on-cocaine-coast/1/118228.html|title=Goa: Sex & mafia on cocaine coast|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
-==Punjab mafia==
+Gang members tie up family members, during robberies, and murder anyone who resists. They often arm themselves with rods, axes, knives, and firearms. When they rob a house, they sometimes eat and leave their excrements. The gang members often rent cars to get around,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-12 |title=Four ' chaddi- banian' burglars caught; confess to 36 house- breaks - Free Press Journal |url=http://freepressjournal.in/four-chaddi-banian-burglars-caught-confess-to-36-house-breaks/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220228/http://freepressjournal.in/four-chaddi-banian-burglars-caught-confess-to-36-house-breaks/ |archive-date=2014-05-12 }}</ref> and are suspected of robbing temples.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Refworld {{!}} India: Kacha Banian (Kucha Banyan) or Underwear-Undershirt Wearing Group or Shorts-Underwear Clad Group; its members; their activities; their targets; whether they are active throughout the country or just in Uttar Pradesh; whether the group targets Sikhs in particular; and their interests regarding Sikhs |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be4118.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Refworld |language=en}}</ref>
-Punjabi mafia refers to the organised criminal gangs in the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in India. There has been a spurt in the formation and activities of such criminal gangs in Punjab over the last decade even though some gangs, associated with those based in [[Uttar Pradesh]], have been operational in the state since the end of [[Insurgency in Punjab|militancy in Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyo.in/politics/punjab-gangs-crime-in-punjab-vicky-gounder-jaswinder-singh-shiromani-akali-dal/story/1/10426.html|title=How bloodthirsty Facebook posts from prison, gang wars fuel Punjab's hellhole|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Post militancy, they took to contract killings. The real estate and industrial sector boom of the early 2000s saw several criminals surfacing with the primary objective of controlling unions. The flourishing of the banking sector, especially finance companies, spurred the demand for bouncers who ensured recovery of bad loans and helped in grabbing disputed properties. Cricket bookies too used their services. Around five years back when the boom in real estate ended, these gangs then tuned to extortion and protection money as their source of income. Most of these are inter-state gangs as well as the ones specializing in arms smuggling, narcotics and abduction. Kidnappings for ransom in Punjab, something which rarely happened earlier, are on the rise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/2016/05/rocky-gang-this-time-in-punjab/|title=Rocky & Gang, this time in Punjab - Gurvinder Kaur - Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|website=www.tehelka.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092132/http://www.tehelka.com/2016/05/rocky-gang-this-time-in-punjab/|archive-date=29 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-A major form of Indian Punjabi organised crime are also the foreign-based, [[Indo-Canadian organised crime]], the vast majority of them being of [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] origin from the [[Jat Sikh]] community, whose exploits have led to over 100 gang deaths of young men of Punjabi descent in Canada since the 1990s. Indo-Canadian gangs are one of Canada's major organised crime problems, ranked third behind motorcycle clubs and Aboriginal criminal groups. These criminal organizations are mainly active in the province of [[British Columbia]], [[Alberta]], and [[Ontario]].
+=== Kala Kachcha Gangs ===
+{{main|Kala Kachcha gang}}
+'''Kala Kachcha Gangs''' (also known as '''Kale-Kachchewale''' or '''Kale Kachche Gangs''') refers to certain organized criminal gangs in [[Punjab, India]]. The Kala Kachcha gang members are robbers and dacoits, who don police uniform or 'Kale Kachche' (black underpants)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000325/punjab.htm#14 | title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab }}</ref> to evade detection. They put grease on their body as lubricant.
+There are many such gangs suspected to be active in Punjab. They usually target families living at isolated places in the countryside and always thrash their victims before robbing them.
 == Activities ==
-India is a major transit point for heroin from the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]] and [[Golden Crescent]] en route to [[Europe]]. India is also the world's largest legal grower of [[opium]]; experts estimate that 5–10% of the legal opium is converted into illegal [[heroin]], and 8–10% is consumed in high quantities as concentrated liquid. The [[pharmaceutical]] industry is also responsible for much illegal production of [[mandrax]], much of which is smuggled into [[South Africa]]. Diamond smuggling via South Africa is also a major criminal activity, and diamonds are sometimes used to disguise shipments of heroin. Finally, there is much [[money laundering]] in the country, mostly through the use of the traditional [[hawala]] system, although India criminalised money laundering in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Nats_Hospitable.pdf|title=Nations Hospitable to Organised Crime and Terrorism |website= Library of Congress report|publisher=U.S Library of Congress|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref><!--ref name="ghosh">{{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Srikanta | title = The Indian Mafia
+India is a major transit point for heroin from the [[Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)|Golden Triangle]] and [[Golden Crescent]] en route to [[Europe]]. India is also the world's largest legal grower of [[opium]]; experts estimate that 5–10% of the legal opium is converted into illegal [[heroin]], and 8–10% is consumed in high quantities as concentrated liquid. The [[pharmaceutical]] industry is also responsible for much illegal production of [[mandrax]], much of which is smuggled into [[South Africa]]. Diamond smuggling via South Africa is also a major criminal activity, and diamonds are sometimes used to disguise shipments of heroin. Finally, there is much [[money laundering]] in the country, mostly through the use of the traditional [[hawala]] system, although India criminalised money laundering in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Nats_Hospitable.pdf|title=Nations Hospitable to Organised Crime and Terrorism |website= Library of Congress report|publisher=U.S. Library of Congress|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref><!--ref name="ghosh">{{cite book | last = Ghosh | first = Srikanta | title = The Indian Mafia
   | publisher = South Asia Books | year = 1991 | isbn = 81-7024-378-5 | pages = 49–50 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jdahWw1GsrsC&printsec=frontcover}}</ref-->
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 * ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975)
 * ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' (1994)
+* ''[[Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru]]'' (2017)
+=== Thuggee films ===
+* ''[[The Stranglers of Bombay]]''
+* ''[[Sunghursh]]''
+* ''[[Thugs of Hindostan]]''
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 By the mid-1970s, gritty, violent crime films and [[action film]]s about gangsters (Bombay underworld) as well as bandits (dacoits) had become popular. The writing of Salim-Javed and acting of Amitabh Bachchan popularized the trend, with films such as ''Zanjeer'' and particularly ''Deewaar'', a crime film inspired by ''Gunga Jumna''<ref name="ganti"/> that pitted "a policeman against his brother, a gang leader based on real-life smuggler Haji Mastan" portrayed by Bachchan; ''Deewaar'' was described as being "absolutely key to Indian cinema" by [[Danny Boyle]].<ref name=Kumar/> Along with Bachchan, other actors that rode the crest of this trend include [[Feroz Khan (actor)|Feroz Khan]].<ref name="funky">{{cite book|last1=Stadtman|first1=Todd|title=Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema|date=2015|publisher=FAB Press|isbn=9781903254776|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0DXoQEACAAJ}}</ref>
-The popular crime films written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan reflected the [[socio-economic]] and [[socio-political]] realities of 1970s India, channeling the growing popular discontent and disillusionment among the masses, and the failure of the state in ensuring their welfare and well-being, in a time when prices were rapidly rising, commodities were becoming scarce, public institutions were losing legitimacy, smugglers and gangsters were gathering political clout,<ref name="raj"/> and there was an unprecedented growth of [[slum]]s.<ref name="Mazumdar"/> The cinema of Salim-Javed and Amitabh Bachchan dealt with themes relevant to Indian society at the time, such as urban poverty in slums, corruption in society, and the [[Bombay underworld]] crime scene,<ref name="Penguin Group"/> and was perceived by audiences as [[anti-establishment]], often represented by an "angry young man" protagonist, presented as a [[vigilante]] or [[anti-hero]],<ref name="hindustantimes"/> with his suppressed rage giving a voice to the angst of the urban poor.<ref name="Mazumdar">{{cite book|last=Mazumdar|first=Ranjani|title=Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City|publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]|isbn=9781452913025|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xenNBrRKOGoC&pg=PA14}}</ref>
+The crime films written by Salim-Javed and starring Amitabh Bachchan reflected the [[socio-economic]] and [[socio-political]] realities of 1970s India, channeling the growing discontent and disillusionment among the masses, and the failure of the state in ensuring their welfare and well-being, in a time when prices were rapidly rising, commodities were becoming scarce, public institutions were losing legitimacy, smugglers and gangsters were gathering political clout,<ref name="raj"/> and there was an unprecedented growth of [[slum]]s.<ref name="Mazumdar"/> The cinema of Salim-Javed and Amitabh Bachchan dealt with themes relevant to Indian society at the time, such as urban poverty in slums, corruption in society, and the [[Bombay underworld]] crime scene,<ref name="Penguin Group"/> and was perceived by audiences as [[anti-establishment]], often represented by an "angry young man" protagonist, presented as a [[vigilante]] or [[anti-hero]],<ref name="hindustantimes"/> with his suppressed rage giving a voice to the angst of the urban poor.<ref name="Mazumdar">{{cite book|last=Mazumdar|first=Ranjani|title=Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City|year=2007 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Press]]|isbn=9781452913025|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xenNBrRKOGoC&pg=PA14}}</ref>
-Later milestones in the genre include [[Ram Gopal Verma]]'s ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998) and ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002), based on the [[D-Company]], which both offered "slick, often mesmerising portrayals of the Mumbai underworld" and displayed realistic "brutality and urban violence." Another notable film in the genre was ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2004), adapted from Hussein Zaidi's book of the same name about the [[1993 Bombay bombings]].<ref name="Kumar">{{cite magazine |author=Amitava Kumar |title=Slumdog Millionaire's Bollywood Ancestors |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=23 December 2008 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors.html |access-date=4 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="The Independent">{{cite news |title=All you need to know about Slumdog Millionaire |work=The Independent  |date=21 January 2009 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/all-you-need-to-know-about-slumdog-millionaire-1452119.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/all-you-need-to-know-about-slumdog-millionaire-1452119.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="Lisa Tsering">{{cite web|author=Lisa Tsering |title='Slumdog' Director Boyle Has 'Fingers Crossed' for Oscars |publisher=IndiaWest |date=29 January 2009 |url=http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5 |access-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302235319/http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5 |archive-date= 2 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Anthony Kaufman">{{cite news |title=DGA nominees borrow from the masters: Directors cite specific influences for their films |author=Anthony Kaufman |work=Variety |date=29 January 2009 |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=contenders&id=director&articleid=VR1117999259&cs=1 |access-date=30 January 2009}}</ref>
+Later films in the genre include [[Ram Gopal Verma]]'s ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998) and ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002), based on the [[D-Company]], which both offered "slick, often mesmerising portrayals of the Mumbai underworld" and displayed realistic "brutality and urban violence." Another notable film in the genre was ''[[Black Friday (2004 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2004), adapted from Hussein Zaidi's book of the same name about the [[1993 Bombay bombings]].<ref name="Kumar">{{cite magazine |author=Amitava Kumar |title=Slumdog Millionaire's Bollywood Ancestors |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=23 December 2008 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors.html |access-date=4 January 2008 |archive-date=25 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225193313/http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2008/12/slumdog-millionaires-bollywood-ancestors.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="The Independent">{{cite news |title=All you need to know about Slumdog Millionaire |work=The Independent  |date=21 January 2009 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/all-you-need-to-know-about-slumdog-millionaire-1452119.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/all-you-need-to-know-about-slumdog-millionaire-1452119.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 January 2009 | location=London}}</ref><ref name="Lisa Tsering">{{cite web|author=Lisa Tsering |title='Slumdog' Director Boyle Has 'Fingers Crossed' for Oscars |publisher=IndiaWest |date=29 January 2009 |url=http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5 |access-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302235319/http://www.indiawest.com/readmore.aspx?id=860&sid=5 |archive-date= 2 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="Anthony Kaufman">{{cite news |title=DGA nominees borrow from the masters: Directors cite specific influences for their films |author=Anthony Kaufman |work=Variety |date=29 January 2009 |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=contenders&id=director&articleid=VR1117999259&cs=1 |access-date=30 January 2009}}</ref>
-The genre later inspired the film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2009), which drew inspiration from Mumbai underworld films. Its influences included ''Deewaar'',<ref>{{cite web|author1=Runna Ashish Bhutda |author2=Ashwini Deshmukh |author3=Kunal M Shah |author4=Vickey Lalwani |author5=Parag Maniar |author6=Subhash K Jha |title=The Slumdog Millionaire File |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=13 January 2009 |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=11&contentid=200901132009011303014836695d00b9e |access-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508021832/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=11&contentid=200901132009011303014836695d00b9e |archive-date= 8 May 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=Hindu>{{cite web|title='Slumdog Millionaire' has an Indian co-director |work=The Hindu |date=11 January 2009 |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901110925.htm |access-date=23 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325234357/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901110925.htm |archive-date=25 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> ''Satya'', ''Company'', and ''Black Friday''.<ref name=Kumar/><ref name="The Independent"/><ref name="Lisa Tsering"/><ref name="Anthony Kaufman"/> 1970s Bollywood crime films such as ''Deewaar'' and ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' (1977) also have similarities to the [[heroic bloodshed]] crime genre of 1980s [[Hong Kong action cinema]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Banker|first=Ashok|title=Bollywood|date=2002|publisher=[[Penguin Group]]|page=83|isbn=9780143028352|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=429ZAAAAMAAJ&q=deewaar+hong+kong}}</ref> ''Deewaar'' had a [[Hong Kong cinema|Hong Kong]] remake, ''[[The Brothers (1979 film)|The Brothers]]'' (1979),<ref name="scroll">{{cite web|last=Mondal|first=Sayantan|title=Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Deewar' was remade in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam – and Cantonese|url=https://thereel.scroll.in/828031/amitabh-bachchan-starrer-deewar-was-remade-in-telugu-tamil-malayalam-and-cantonese|website=Scroll.in|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130121319/https://thereel.scroll.in/828031/amitabh-bachchan-starrer-deewar-was-remade-in-telugu-tamil-malayalam-and-cantonese|archive-date=30 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> which went on to inspire [[John Woo]]'s internationally acclaimed breakthrough ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986),<ref name="hkcinemagic">{{cite web|title=The Brothers|url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1693|website=[[Hong Kong Cinemagic]]|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="scroll"/> which set the template for the heroic bloodshed genre in Hong Kong cinema.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morton |first=Lisa |title=The Cinema of Tsui Hark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv3yJ6MaoYsC&q=%22Heroic+bloodshed%22&pg=PA62 |year=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0-7864-0990-8}}</ref><ref name="Diplomat">{{cite news|last=Volodzko|first=David|title=30 Years Later, This Chinese Film Still Echoes in Hollywood|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/30-years-later-this-chinese-film-still-echoes-in-hollywood/|work=[[The Diplomat]]|date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
+The genre later inspired the film ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (2009), which drew inspiration from Mumbai underworld films. Its influences included ''Deewaar'',<ref>{{cite web|author1=Runna Ashish Bhutda |author2=Ashwini Deshmukh |author3=Kunal M Shah |author4=Vickey Lalwani |author5=Parag Maniar |author6=Subhash K Jha |title=The Slumdog Millionaire File |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=13 January 2009 |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=11&contentid=200901132009011303014836695d00b9e |access-date=30 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508021832/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=11&contentid=200901132009011303014836695d00b9e |archive-date= 8 May 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=Hindu>{{cite web|title='Slumdog Millionaire' has an Indian co-director |work=The Hindu |date=11 January 2009 |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901110925.htm |access-date=23 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325234357/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200901110925.htm |archive-date=25 March 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref> ''Satya'', ''Company'', and ''Black Friday''.<ref name=Kumar/><ref name="The Independent"/><ref name="Lisa Tsering"/><ref name="Anthony Kaufman"/> 1970s Bollywood crime films such as ''Deewaar'' and ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]'' (1977) also have similarities to the [[heroic bloodshed]] crime genre of 1980s [[Hong Kong action cinema]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Banker|first=Ashok|title=Bollywood|date=2002|publisher=[[Penguin Group]]|page=83|isbn=9780143028352|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=429ZAAAAMAAJ&q=deewaar+hong+kong}}</ref> ''Deewaar'' had a [[Hong Kong cinema|Hong Kong]] remake, ''[[The Brothers (1979 film)|The Brothers]]'' (1979),<ref name="scroll">{{cite web|last=Mondal|first=Sayantan|title=Amitabh Bachchan starrer 'Deewar' was remade in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam – and Cantonese|url=https://thereel.scroll.in/828031/amitabh-bachchan-starrer-deewar-was-remade-in-telugu-tamil-malayalam-and-cantonese|website=Scroll.in|access-date=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130121319/https://thereel.scroll.in/828031/amitabh-bachchan-starrer-deewar-was-remade-in-telugu-tamil-malayalam-and-cantonese|archive-date=30 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> which went on to inspire [[John Woo]]'s internationally acclaimed breakthrough ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986),<ref name="hkcinemagic">{{cite web|title=The Brothers|url=http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1693|website=[[Hong Kong Cinemagic]]|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031226/http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=1693|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="scroll"/> which set the template for the heroic bloodshed genre in Hong Kong cinema.<ref>{{cite book |last=Morton |first=Lisa |title=The Cinema of Tsui Hark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hv3yJ6MaoYsC&q=%22Heroic+bloodshed%22&pg=PA62 |year=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=0-7864-0990-8}}</ref><ref name="Diplomat">{{cite news|last=Volodzko|first=David|title=30 Years Later, This Chinese Film Still Echoes in Hollywood|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/06/30-years-later-this-chinese-film-still-echoes-in-hollywood/|work=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=13 June 2015}}</ref>
 Examples of the Mumbai underworld film genre:
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 * ''[[Nayakan]]'' (1986)
 * ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]'' (1988)
+* ''[[Aryan (1988 film)|Aryan]]'' (1988)
 * ''[[Parinda]]'' (1989)
+* ''[[Abhimanyu (1991 film)|Abhimanyu]]'' (1991)
 * ''[[Baashha]]'' (1995)
 * ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998)
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 *''[[Businessman (film)|Businessman]]'' (2012)
 * ''[[Shootout at Wadala ]]'' (2013) a film is about Life Of [[Manohar Arjun Surve]] (Manya Surve)
+* ''[[Thalaivaa]]'' (2013)
 * ''[[Raees (2017 film)|Raees]]'' (2017)
 * ''[[Sacred Games (TV series)|Sacred Games]]'' (2018), a [[Netflix]]-produced television series based on the Mumbai underworld
 * ''[[K.G.F: Chapter 1]] (2018) and [[K.G.F: Chapter 2]]'' (2021)
+* ''[[Mumbai Saga]]'' (2021)
+* ''[[Bandra (film)|Bandra]]'' (2023)
+* ''[[They Call Him OG]]'' (2025)
 ===Mafia Raj films===
 * ''[[Gangs of Wasseypur (film series)|Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' (film series)
-* ''[[Amaran (film)|Amaran]]'' (1992)
+* ''[[Amaran (1992 film)|Amaran]]'' (1992)
+* ''[[Mirzapur (2018) |Mirzapur]]''
 ===Andhra Pradesh factionalism films===
+* ''[[Antahpuram]]'' (1998)
+* ''[[Samarasimha Reddy]]'' (1999) ''[[Narsimha naydu]]'' (2001)
+* ''[[Indra (2002 film)]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Rakta Charitra]]'' (2010)
 * ''[[Maryada Ramanna]]'' (2010)
 * ''[[Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava]]'' (2018)
+===Chaddi Baniyan Gang===
+* ''[[Delhi Crime]]'' (2022)
 == See also ==
+{{Portal|India|Law}}
 * [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI)
 * [[Crime in India]]
-* [[Dacoity]]
+* [[Goonda]]
 * [[Indo-Canadian organised crime]]
 * [[Mafia Raj]]
 * [[Mumbai Police Detection Unit]]
 * [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act]]
-* [[Thuggee]]
 ==References==
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 {{Organised crime in India}}
 {{Social issues in India}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Organised crime in India| ]]

v t e Organised crime in India
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