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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
Court grants bail to Chhota Shakeel aide Salim Fruit in extortion case

Court grants bail to Chhota Shakeel aide Salim Fruit in extortion case

While Fruit has been granted bail in the extortion case, he will remain in jail as his bail plea in the NIA case is still pending before the High Court

25 September,2024 11:38 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai: Chhota Shakeel’s brother-in-law Arif Bhaijaan dies in JJ Hospital

Mumbai: Chhota Shakeel’s brother-in-law Arif Bhaijaan dies in JJ Hospital

He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2022 in connection with a terror funding case registered against Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and some of his close aides

22 June,2024 08:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal Tandel
Curtains on Mumbai’s gangster era

Curtains on Mumbai’s gangster era

As cops extradite Prasad Pujari from China, official data shows major extortion calls have dropped from 94 in 2015 to just one in 2023 and 2024

01 April,2024 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai Police resgisters case against Chhota Shakeel aide Riyaz Bhati

Mumbai Police resgisters case against Chhota Shakeel aide Riyaz Bhati

Mumbai Police have filed a case against Riyaz Bhati, an aide of underworld don Chhota Shakeel, for intimidating a witness in connection to an extortion case.

20 November,2023 09:37 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
NIA court denies bail to Dawood Ibrahim gang member in terror activities case

NIA court denies bail to Dawood Ibrahim gang member in terror activities case

A special court in Mumbai, on Monday, denied bail to a member of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim’s gang. According to the report in PTI, the court denied bail to Salim Qureshi who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly aiding the gang’s terrorist activities.

18 September,2023 07:46 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
30 years on, Dawood kin, wanted in 1992 JJ shootout, held abroad

Mid-Day Premium 30 years on, Dawood kin, wanted in 1992 JJ shootout, held abroad

While the police are refusing to divulge details, mid-day understands that one of those who participated in Dawood Ibrahim’s first major operation will be brought back to Mumbai soon

12 September,2023 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan
Mumbai 1993 blasts: Victim from Malad recalls horror of 'Black Friday'

Mumbai 1993 blasts: Victim from Malad recalls horror of 'Black Friday'

It was just a usual day for Mumbai, when on Friday, March 12, 1993, at around 1:30 pm, the city was left shaken with a series of powerful blasts. The day was termed as 'Black Friday' for the country

11 March,2023 06:06 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif Rizvi
Mumbai: ‘Aide’ of Chhota Shakeel hospitalised due to ill health

Mumbai: ‘Aide’ of Chhota Shakeel hospitalised due to ill health

Arrested gangster had sought bail citing health reasons but plea was denied; doctors said he has been diagnosed with TB

04 January,2023 06:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Mumbai Crime: How the AEC pursued and put extortionists behind bars

Mumbai Crime: How the AEC pursued and put extortionists behind bars

Remote extortion calls over phone using the names of big underworld dons down to just one call in 2022 from close to a hundred in 2017

02 January,2023 07:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan Khan

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