For years, Bengaluru’s underworld has been ruled by shrewd and notorious dons, who grew from small-time extortionists to dreaded names in real-estate circles. Kodigehalli Mune Gowda was crowned the city’s first ‘don’ back in the 1960s, but it was in the ’80s and the ’90s that powerhouses like MP Jayaraj, Kotwal Ramachandra, ‘Boot House’ Kumar aka Oil Kumar, Muthappa Rai, Sreedhar, Bekkina Kannu Rajendra and Srirampura Kitty emerged. In Bhais of Bengaluru, Jyoti Shelar, a print journalist with ten years of work experience as a field reporter, explores this mysterious and fascinating underbelly of India’s Garden City.
Imprint: India Penguin
Published: Oct/2017
ISBN: 9780143427780
Length : 288 Pages
MRP : ₹299.00
Jyoti Shelar explores the story of local goons turned powerful dons of India’s Garden City in her newly released The Bhais of Bengaluru. From Muthappa Rai to Agni Shreedar, Shelar researches the history of the influential figures of Bengaluru’s underbelly. Here are a few things you might not have known about the dark underworld of […]