Manya Surve: Mumbai's First Hindu Don Who Challenged Dawood Ibrahim

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News18•24-02-2026, 05:38
Manya Surve: Mumbai's First Hindu Don Who Challenged Dawood Ibrahim
- •Manya Surve, Mumbai's first Hindu don, challenged Dawood Ibrahim and was the subject of the film 'Shootout at Wadala'.
- •He murdered Dawood Ibrahim's elder brother, Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar, leading to a fierce gang war in Mumbai.
- •Surve, a bright science graduate, turned to crime after being wrongly imprisoned, forming his own gang in jail.
- •He was encountered by police officer Isaak Bagwan and his team in Wadala, Mumbai, on January 11, 1981.
- •Three films, 'Shootout at Wadala', 'Agnipath' (1990), and 'Agnipath' (2012), depict aspects of his life story.
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