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Dawood ibrahim was initiated into crime as a pawn in the hands of the mumbai police and went on to wipe out the competition and eventually became the mumbai polices own nemesis. Karim lala, born as abdul karim sher khan in afghanistans kunar province, was a notorious underworld don who operated liquor dens, gambling and extortion rackets from the sixties to the early eighties. My remark on expm twisted by those unaware of history. It is the story of gangsters like haji mastan, karim lala, varadarajan mudaliar, chhota rajan, abu salem, but. Karim lala, who ran gambling and liquor dens in the dongriarea, worked in tandem with mastanbut ran his empire independently. A native of bombay, suketu mehta gives us an insiders view of this stunning metropolis. From here gangubais life took a new turn as she made.
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