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Court acquits gangster Chhota Rajan in 2011 killing of Dawood’s brother’s driver

Court acquits gangster Chhota Rajan in 2011 killing of Dawood’s brother’s driver

On May 17, 2011, two men opened fire on one Arif Abunakar Sayyad in south Mumbai. Sayyad was the driver and bodyguard of Iqbal Hasan Shaikh Ibrahim Shaikh Kaskar, younger brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim

17 March,2025 10:07 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai: Gangster father rapes daughters, forces them to abort; arrested

Mumbai: Gangster father rapes daughters, forces them to abort; arrested

Accused is a member of gangster Chhota Rajan’s gang; he would take the girls to different hospitals for abortion; police said that a case has been registered at Nalasopara police station under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act based on a complaint filed by the victims

28 February,2025 08:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
SC notice to Chhota Rajan on CBI plea challenging suspension of life sentence

SC notice to Chhota Rajan on CBI plea challenging suspension of life sentence

A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta of Supreme Court has issued notice to Chhota Rajan and sought his response within four weeks

08 February,2025 04:02 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Gangster D K Rao and six aides arrested in Rs 2.5 crore extortion case

Gangster D K Rao and six aides arrested in Rs 2.5 crore extortion case

Gangster arrested in connection with extortion bid; six others held. The complainant initially filed a report with the Sahar Airport police station on January 1, but due to the involvement of D K Rao, the case was transferred to the Anti-Extortion Cell

24 January,2025 09:48 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Chhota Rajan gang member arrested after 16 years in Mumbai

Chhota Rajan gang member arrested after 16 years in Mumbai

Vilas Balaram Pawar alias Raju, aged 62, had allegedly shot at a man in Ghatla village in 1992, for which he was arrested. The accused was released on bail in 2008, and had since remained absconding

03 January,2025 06:29 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Mumbai: Man who only stole from rich nabbed

Mumbai: Man who only stole from rich nabbed

Notorious thief Munna Qureshi, with more than 200 cases, had stolen crores from gangster Chhota Rajan and an MLA

20 November,2024 10:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Ex-Chhota Rajan man held by Mumbai cops in Rs 10 crore extortion plot

Ex-Chhota Rajan man held by Mumbai cops in Rs 10 crore extortion plot

Five were arrested for threatening builder over a high-value Bandra property

31 October,2024 09:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Five held for demanding 'protection fee' of Rs 10 crore from Mumbai builder

Five held for demanding 'protection fee' of Rs 10 crore from Mumbai builder

The accused falsely claimed that they have ties with the Chhota Rajan gang. They were nabbed while accepting Rs 5 lakh from the builder near a cafe in Mumbai

30 October,2024 10:31 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
How Mumbai Police encounters changed the city's crime landscape

Mid-Day Premium How Mumbai Police encounters changed the city's crime landscape

The 1990s stood out as a tumultuous decade marked by the dark underbelly of organised crime. It was an era when the city's streets were not just avenues of commerce and culture but battlegrounds for power, marked by encounters and controversies

24 October,2024 01:42 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif Rizvi
Hotelier's murder: HC suspends Chhota Rajan's life sentence, grants him bail

Hotelier's murder: HC suspends Chhota Rajan's life sentence, grants him bail

A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Prithviraj Chavan directed Chhota Rajan to furnish a bond of Rs one lakh for the bail in the Mumbai hotelier's murder case

23 October,2024 12:19 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent

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