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  • Two aides of gangster Chhota Shakeel arrested  for allegedly handling Dawood’s financial activities

    Two aides of gangster Chhota Shakeel arrested for allegedly handling Dawood’s financial activities

    Scroll Staff
    · May 13, 2022 · 06:16 pm
  • A former hitman writes from life in this novel about his dilemma over killing a rival gangster

    A former hitman writes from life in this novel about his dilemma over killing a rival gangster

    Agni Sreedhar
    · Dec 05, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • How a sixth-standard student began his apprenticeship in the Mumbai underworld

    How a sixth-standard student began his apprenticeship in the Mumbai underworld

    Aabid Surti
    · Aug 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • How Dawood Ibrahim’s mentor Khalid Khan saved his life on a cool afternoon in 1980

    How Dawood Ibrahim’s mentor Khalid Khan saved his life on a cool afternoon in 1980

    S Hussain Zaidi
    · Apr 03, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Not just C for Chhota Rajan, murdered journalist J Dey had an A to Z of Mumbai’s underworld

    Not just C for Chhota Rajan, murdered journalist J Dey had an A to Z of Mumbai’s underworld

    J Dey
    · May 04, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • How Bengaluru don Jayaraj was assassinated with the help of the D-gang and the Mumbai underworld

    How Bengaluru don Jayaraj was assassinated with the help of the D-gang and the Mumbai underworld

    Jyoti Shelar
    · Dec 05, 2017 · 05:30 pm
  • BJP claims UAE has seized Dawood's property – but the source of the information remains unclear

    BJP claims UAE has seized Dawood's property – but the source of the information remains unclear

    TA Ameerudheen
    · Jan 06, 2017 · 05:00 pm