Amar Naik

Amar Naik was an Indian gangster.[1]

Life

Naik started his criminal career in 1980.[2] There were around 200 criminals in his gang.[3]

He had assassinated industrialist Sunit Khatau.[4] A personal diary of Naik contained the names and telephone numbers of a number of police officers. Some of these reported instances of a nexus between leading politicians and the underworld were provided in newspapers.[5]

Investigators found Naik had visited the US, Canada, Australia and other countries. His bank accounts having more than Rs. 5 lakh were frozen. After 8 months on 10 August, 1996, he was killed in an encounter by Vijay Salaskar.[6][7][8]

Patronized by Shiv Sena, his encounter was condemned by Shiv Sena's newspaper Saamana as "selective killing of Hindu and Marathi mafia dons".[9] After his death, his gang was overtaken by his brother Ashwin Naik.[10]

In 2021, Bollywood movie Mumbai Saga based on Naik's life was released.[11]

References

  1. ^ McGuire, John; Copland, Ian (2007). Hindu Nationalism and Governance. Oxford University Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-19-567922-9. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  2. ^ Resource Material Series. UNAFEI. 1999. p. 96. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  3. ^ Heinzelmann, Claudia; Marks, Erich (2023-06-08). International Perspectives of Crime Prevention 12: Contributions from the 13th Annual International Forum 2019 and 14th Annual International Forum 2021 within the German Prevention Congress. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-96410-032-0. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  4. ^ India Today International. Living Media India Limited. 2000. p. 35. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  5. ^ Singh, Nirmal Kumar (1999). The Politics of Crime and Corruption: A Former CBI Officer Speaks. HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 50. ISBN 978-81-7223-344-0. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  6. ^ Dey, J. (2008-01-01). Khallaas - an A to Z Guide to the Underworld. Jaico Publishing House. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-7992-850-9. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  7. ^ Sarat, Austin; Boulanger, Christian (2005-05-27). The Cultural Lives of Capital Punishment: Comparative Perspectives. Stanford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-8047-5234-3. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  8. ^ Parmar, Baljeet (2007-12-17). "Don's daughter is all set for takeoff today". DNA India. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  9. ^ Sekher, Madhushree; Parasuraman, S.; Kattumuri, Ruth (2018-01-08). Governance and Governed: Multi-Country Perspectives on State, Society and Development. Springer Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 978-981-10-5963-6. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  10. ^ Zaidi, S. Hussain (2024-07-26). The Dangerous Dozen: Hitmen of the Mumbai Underworld. Simon and Schuster. p. 131. ISBN 978-81-972789-2-1. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  11. ^ Entertainment, Quint (2021-03-19). "Bombay HC Refuses to Stay Release of John Abraham's 'Mumbai Saga'". TheQuint. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.