The Reel Godfather: Why India’s mafia don is so popular among young people

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The Bishnoi gang, India’s new interstate mafia, is led by a man in jail who recruits via social media, controls 700 shooters around the country, and has ordered hits in North America

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The Reel Godfather: Why India’s mafia don is so popular among young people

The Bishnoi gang, India’s new interstate mafia, is led by a man in jail who recruits via social media, controls 700 shooters around the country, and has ordered hits in North America

The Reel Godfather: Why India’s mafia don is so popular among young people

In November 2024, the police in Bahraich, a district situated on the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh (UP), arrested three and detained over half a dozen young people in connection with the high-profile murder of Mumbai politician Baba Siddiqui.

The victim, a three-time state legislator and former minister, was associated with Bollywood actor Salman Khan.

The notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the murder on social media. A post allegedly by an associate of the gang read: “We do not have any enmity with anyone but whoever helps Salman Khan… keep your accounts in order.”

The suspected killers are young men from economically disadvantaged backgrounds who were reportedly employed at a scrap dealer’s shop in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. The police’s Special Task Force discovered that the Bishnoi gang meticulously selected them based on their social media activity. Continue…