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Topic: Gangsters

Forgive us, say ‘killers’ of two men after they attack wrong targets in Ambala

Members of slain gangster Davinder Bambiha claimed on Facebook the two victims were innocent & the murder happened out of a ‘misunderstanding’. Police are examining the claims.

33 dons on UP govt radar as it seizes their Rs 1,000-cr assets in 4 yrs. Ansari, Atiq top list

The Yogi Adityanath government has prepared a list of 33 jailed gangsters, whose properties are being scrutinised for action.

Ravi Pujari — English-speaking don, ‘Preity Zinta fan’ in Mumbai Police custody after 25 yrs

Gangster Ravi Pujari was brought back to India over 25 years after he fled. He was intercepted at a barber’s shop at Dakar in Senegal in 2019. There are 49 cases registered against him.

Mumbai gangster watched the film Satya 18 times to study how to become a real-life villain

Puja Changoiwala’s book 'Gangster on the Run' is about criminal-turned-marathon runner Rahul Jadhav, whose pseudonym ‘Bhiku’ was inspired by the 1998 film Satya.

Gangster on the Run — new book tells story of a reformed criminal who now runs marathons

Puja Changoiwala’s Gangster on the Run, by HarperCollins, will be released on 30 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

Bhujiya, bicycle, bathroom: TV news scripts potboiler story of Vikas Dubey before UP Police

Aaj Tak anchor Anjana Om Kashyap seemed to be auditioning for a dialogue writer's role. Channels not satisfied with police-criminal nexus went looking for gangster Vikas Dubey's wife.

Punjab Police arrests ‘most wanted’ gangster & 6 associates with links to Pakistan’s KLF

Gangster Billa, who was wanted in more than 18 cases of murder, arms smuggling, and drug peddling, was arrested with a large consignment of weapons Thursday.

In Yogi’s ‘encounter Pradesh’ dead gangsters tell tales of torture and fishy bullet wounds

Since the BJP government took over in March last year, 39 alleged gangsters have been killed in encounters. None of them was on the ‘most wanted’ list.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.