On 11 Jan 1982, Mumbai police received a tip off fromVaradarajan Mudaliar that Manya Surve would be arriving at a garden near the Ambedkar College junction in Wadalain a taxi. At around 12.30 pm, 18 Crime Branch officers split into three crack teams and waited for him to arrive. After twenty minutes, Surve was spotted coming out a taxi to pick up his girlfriend, Vidya with two children.After noticing the squad closed in and took positions, Surve took out his Mauser pistol. However, before he could squeeze the trigger, Surve was mortally wounded by two police officers Raja Tambat and Isaque Bagwan, who fired twenty five bullets into his chest and shoulder but he was alive.Surve was dragged from the scene and put on an ambulance. While on the way to SION Hospital, he kept crying and whining that the police had not given him a fair chance to defend himself and he spat on face of one of the officer. He succumbed to his injuries a few minutes later. This encounter was the end of Surves two-year spree of urban dacoity and crime. It is generally believed that it was the underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar who tipped off the police about his whereabouts, after finding his position being challenged by Surve.[4]A former Crime Branch officer points out that police operations in the past were fewer. But inexperience notwithstanding, Bagwans team methodically isolated Surve from his associates before closing in. Bagwan later eliminated Surves key associate Sheikh Munir at Versova in February 1983. Munir had crossed swords with Tamil don Vardharajan Mudaliar alias Vardhabhai in Dharavi and wanted to corner the lions share of the income from the illicit liquor trade.ARvindPunia [5] In popular culture References Read in another languageLast modified 1 day ago MobileDesktopContent is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted.Terms of UsePrivacy
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