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Mumbai Crime: Is Bhandup city's new gangland?
Updated On: 19 August, 2018 02:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
The central suburb's crime stats - which cops woke up to only recently - have been on the rise since the early 80s, residents say, thanks to authorities turning a blind eye
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Not very long ago, Bhandup was seen as just another nondescript neighbourhood in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai, which was home to the burgeoning middle class. This was before it earned the notorious reputation of becoming the city's new gangland, this year.
Since March, the township has witnessed eight murders, over 10 attempt to murder cases and hundreds of incidents of assault, forcing the city's top police brass to act against inefficient officers within its force - Senior Police Inspector Shrinivas Panhale was shunted to the Local Arms division - and crack its whip on criminals in the area. But the story of the making of this crime hub, where youngsters between 16 and 25 years of age have been unleashing terror, runs deep.
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