How did the underworld start in Mumbai?
The relationship between Mumbai's underworld and bollywood is as old as the film industry itself. Crime in mumbai increased significantly in the late 1970s and early 1980s when massive labour strikes took place in the city. Mill workers went on strike to press for their demands, but they failed. Mill owners shut down the mills and thousands of workers became unemployed. Today, luxurious malls and restaurants have been built in the places of those closed mills. This major upheaval pushed many young people towards local gangs and the underworld.
After this, crime in mumbai reached its peak in the 1990s, when the underworld openly spread terror in the city. From the common man to politicians, builders, actors, film producers and even police officers were living in the shadow of fear.
When mumbai was rocked by bomb blasts?
When the situation in mumbai started going out of control, the police had no choice but to fight bloody battles to deal with the mafia. mumbai police not only targeted gangsters, but also went after their families to fulfill their purpose. The first clash between mumbai police and the underworld was the encounter that took place in Swati Building in Andheri area of mumbai in 1991. This encounter took place between mumbai police and gangster Maya Dolas. This incident has been shown in the film 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' made 16 years later.
The conflict between mumbai police and the underworld was going on, when in 1993 the city was shaken by a series of bomb blasts. dawood ibrahim was allegedly behind these blasts after the demolition of Babri Masjid. After this, mumbai police brutally killed gangsters on the streets. But a few years later another murder shook the city.
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