The statistics are chilling for Delhi that grapples with this vast network of notorious gangs, resulting in turf wars, extortion rackets and murders
Delhi’s underworld is home to a multitude of notorious gangs — 95, to be specific — as the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Thursday (April 24).
The statistics are chilling for a metropolis like Delhi whose gang landscape has evolved over the years, transforming from yesteryear groups like the Kishan Pehalwan and Anoop-Balraj gangs of Najfagarh to newer entities such as the Bishnoi and Sangwan gangs, forming a complex network of organised crime being controlled remotely from other countries.
The statistics are chilling for a metropolis like Delhi whose gang landscape has evolved over the years, transforming from yesteryear groups like the Kishan Pehalwan and Anoop-Balraj gangs of Najfagarh to newer entities such as the Bishnoi and Sangwan gangs, forming a complex network of organised crime being controlled remotely from other countries.