Santosh Shetty

Fugitive don santosh shetty, wanted in several cases, including contract killing and drug smuggling, was on Friday arrested here after being brought from Bangkok, police said.

Fugitive gangster and big-time drug smuggler santosh shetty is believed to have been arrested in Bangkok by the Thai police.

Anil Chandra (52), a former santosh shetty aide deported last year from Thailand in connection with the 2009 kidnapping of a Vile Parle businessman in Bangkok and extortion of Rs 50 lakh, has been granted bail by the special MCOCA court.

Four days after the Mumbai police’s tip-off to the Thai police led to the arrest and deportation of fugitive gangster santosh shetty from Bangkok, it transpires that his associates had ditched him.

Devendra Jagtap alias JD is believed to have spilled the beans about the involvement of his mentor, santosh shetty, in the plot to kill underworld don Abu Salem inside Taloja jail.

Fugitive gangster Chhota Rajan's aide Nilesh Shedge, an accused in scribe J Dey's murder case, on Tuesday slapped and manhandled deported gangster santosh shetty inside the sessions court.

Gangster Vijay Shetty alias Vijju, who was detained last week in Pattaya, Bangkok, was released by the Thai police on Monday.

Deported gangster santosh shetty has requested the Mumbai police to protect him from Chhota Rajan gang members as he fears that Rajan may try to eliminate him while he is in jail.

As the efforts to bring Shetty to Mumbai were in the final moments last week, his wife filed a criminal complaint against him, accusing him of cheating her of all her property etc, almost stalling his deportation.

Former gangster santosh shetty’s close confidante Anil Chandra has been deported to Mumbai from Thailand. Chandra, who looks after the gang’s finances, runs a discotheque in Bali.

Gangster Chhota Rajan reportedly tipped off the Thailand police about his former aide Vijay Shetty's whereabouts causing his arrest last week, the police said.

Gangster santosh shetty, recently deported from Bangkok, has told the sessions court he fears for his life if shifted to Arthur Road or Taloja jail. He is currently in the Thane jail.

Bharatiya Janata Party workers from Bhiwandi celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision about ceasing legal tender notes of denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

Influential NGO Bhiwandi Development Front has supported SP candidate Rais Shaikh in Bhiwandi (E) as the Congress nominee is a recent entrant from BJP. Shaikh is pitted against santosh shetty (Congress) and Rupesh Mahatre (Shiv Sena).

A 55-year-old businessman was found dead in a railway yard in Bhayander late on Saturday. santosh shetty stayed at Motilal Nagar in Goregaon and used to run a garments business, Shreelaxmi Enterprises, from his residence.

Police on Wednesday said gangster santosh shetty rubbished Vijay Palande's claim that he was part of his gang. Police said Shetty told them that Palande had never worked for his gang and had only met him twice.

The crime branch on Saturday arrested a member of the santosh shetty gang for allegedly confining a businessman and his son in Bangkok, after luring them there with a promise to help them procure a bank loan. The victim was finally released after a part of the ransom was paid.

The city’s traditional underworld doesn’t look the same anymore. The big brothers run their empires mostly from abroad. Their gangs now operate alongside smaller outfits and splinter groups.

Three gang members who were arrested outside the sessions court last Friday, could have had plans for multiple killings on the premises, the police said.

Gangster santosh shetty was deported to India from Bangkok on Friday, but the secret operation to get him was going on for nearly six months.

Nerul residents have alleged that the city traffic department has allegedly turned a blind eye towards 10-15 private buses parked illegally along the service road parallel to Sion-Panvel highway near D Y Patil stadium

Taloja jail authorities turned down the city crime branch’s application seeking gangster Devendra Jagtap alias JD’s custody. They have asked the crime branch to get a court’s order if they want to secure it.

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The police raided a bar in Andheri and arrested 31 people on Sunday night. Officials said music was being played in the bar without licence .

It is not only tech-savvy netizens who prefer to stay connected through modern cheap online communication applications, but trigger-happy shooters also seem to make the best use of it, if it can help them avoid police surveillance.

With schools across the state reopening on Wednesday, bus operators are a worried lot. There are not enough drivers to ply the vehicles.

The recent arrest of two bookies, Raju and Harish, by the Ahmedabad police has rattled bookiedom. This is because these persons are fronting for bigtime operator Sunil Dubai who is affiliated to the Dawood Ibrahim gang.