![]() The ATS formed three teams for the task of arresting the fugitives and taking them into custody. The apartment in which they were hiding belonged to Gopal Rajwani, a fugitive gangster from Ulhasnagar and associate of Ibrahim. The informer reported that they were armed and were waiting for a few builders who would be coming in the evening. 002 and 003 in the Swati building at the Lokhandwala Complex, a posh upper middle class residential area. Khan, the Anti-Terrorism Squad received a tip-off from a police informer that Dolas and his gang were hiding in the A wing, flats no. According to the former Additional Commissioner of Police A. News and current affairs video magazine Newstrack captured the entire shootout live in 1991. ![]() Dolas, had in fact escaped from prison a few years prior to the shootout. ![]() However, they were also fugitives on the run, with ongoing arrest warrants for them. They also conducted extortion activities on Ibrahim's behalf. Dolas and Buwa were a feared duo and soon began a steady rise within the ranks of the D-Company. This brought them into favour with Ibrahim, who was gunning for the Joshi gang after the killing of his pointman Satish Raje. He then convinced notorious Joshi gang sharpshooter Dilip Buwa to switch sides and together on 17 September 1989, they led a stealth attack against the Joshi gang in Kanjurmarg, in which five people were killed. Īfter Joshi's murder, Dolas later broke out of the Ashok Joshi gang, and formed his own gang. On 3 December 1988, Joshi was killed at the Bombay- Pune road near Panvel by a 15-man hit squad led by Chhota Rajan at Ibrahim's orders. Dolas had got his start running several successful extortion rackets for the criminal- politician, Ashok Joshi's gang at Kanjurmarg. Among the most prominent was Mahindra Dolas, a gangster who was known more popularly by his nickname Maya. ![]() From his base in Dubai, Ibrahim controlled underworld activities through his various lieutenants. In the late 1980s, the Bombay Underworld was under the firm control of the D-Company, headed by Dawood Ibrahim. It was crossed with an "X" after his death, signifying that he was eliminated. Prelude Mugshot of D-Company gangster, Maya Dolas. It ended in the deaths of all seven gangsters, including Dolas, Dilip Buwa and Anil Pawar. The four-hour-long shootout was termed as India's " first daylight encounter" and was videographed and conducted in full view of the public. The 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout was a gunbattle that occurred on 16 November 1991 at the Lokhandwala Complex, Bombay (now Mumbai), between seven gangsters led by Maya Dolas and members of the Mumbai Police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) led by the then Additional Commissioner of Police, A. Lokhandwala Complex, Bombay, Maharashtra, IndiaĨ0 to 100 policemen (including ATS officers) ![]()
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