Manohar Arjun Surve
Born : 8 August 1944
Died : 11 January 1982 (aged 37)
Cause of death : Police encounter
Religion : HINDU
Manohar Arjun “Manya” Surve (8 August 1944 - 11 January 1982), was
an Indian criminal and gangster based in Mumbai. He was one of the
educated gangsters who graduated from college and was very well known for
challenging and defeating existing gangs.
Surve was known for his daredevilry and strategic planning. As
a young man and graduate of Kirti College, Surve was implicated in a
murder that he did not commit and was sentenced to imprisonment in Yerwada
Jail.[1] Within just two years of activity, his crew rose to such
prominence that the Pathans, who had ruled the underworld for over
two decades, sought his help in murdering the Konkani-speaking Kaskar brothers,
Dawood and Shabbir, the leaders of their archrival gang, D-Company.
Following the murder of Shabir Ibrahim, Surve's fellow
accomplices began to fall off one by one. Noticing this,
Surve laid low. Meanwhile, local law enforcement was preparing
operations to reduce persistent mob violence with an onslaught of
targeted assassinations. Inspectors Isaque Bagwan and Raja Tambhat,
with Senior Inspector Y. D. Bhide, was put in charge of taking down
Surve. Surve was killed in 1982 by the Maharashtra police which is regarded
as Mumbai's first encounter killing.
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