Top 10 Criminals of India – You Don’t Know

India, the home of over 1 billion people. It’s a family where all the traditions, religions, ages are safe and sound together. But the terror of crime is still in the veins of people of their own country and criminal cases in India are increasing day by day as well as the number of criminals of India. The crime rate of the capital of India is 974.9 per 100,000 persons. National Crime Records Bureau, Government of India published Crime in India Report in which it is termed as the highest crime rate of India. Kerala stands second in the list by 727.6 per 100,000 persons. It may look insignificant in terms of proportion but gives chills in the spine when we think how brutally people have been killed these days. Criminals are creating a void of terror in the human heart. Now it’s important for us to take the criminals of India seriously.

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Every day nearly hundreds of people die because of crime in India. They all go unnoticed, but some wounds never record and blooms like before.

Remember the blasts of 26/11. They still disturb the souls of the nation. How two terrorists entered our country and killed thousands of people just to reveal them how terror feels?

This incident endures a shame to humanity.

Over here is the list of Top 10 criminals in India who made it unsafe to walk alone.

Top 10 Criminals of India:

Here’s a list of the top 10 criminals of India. Those who had played an important role in increasing the graph of criminal cases in India and made it unsafe to walk alone.

1. Dawood Ibrahim

The most wanted criminal in the world is Dawood Ibrahim who was also involved in many criminal cases in India. He was born in Bombay in 1955. Currently, he is an underworld don, terrorist, and drug dealer. He founded a D-Company in the 1970s in Mumbai. He is accused of murder, drug dealing, and terrorism.

He has been in the Third position on the World’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives presented by FBI and Forbes. The D-Company is rumored to be in connection with the Bollywood Industry and threatened them for money. It is believed that he has killed Gulshan Kumar and Javed Siddiqui. He is equally known for extortion and threats targeted towards Bollywood.

He is the mastermind behind March 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts. It is rumored that he was in close contact with Osama Bin Laden. Rumors, besides, say that spot match-fixing in IPL  was a white-collar business for Dawood Ibrahim.

In May 2015, Times Now claimed that he was safe in Karachi, Pakistan.

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2. Mashood Azhar

Mashood Azhar is the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed another one of the most brutal criminals of India. This group is currently situated in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Mashood Azhar was responsible for the hijacked Indian Airplane Flight 814. The plane was hijacked for the demand to leave Mashood Azhar from India in exchange for an innocent passenger on the flight.

3. Ilyas Kashmiri

Ilyas Kashmiri is also known as Maulana Ilyas Kashmiri. He is a senior operative of Al-Qaeda and head of Harkat-ul-Jihad Islamic.

Ilyas Kashmiri is held responsible for German Bakery Blasts in Pune. The bomb blast occurred on 13 February 2010 and more minor criminal cases in India. Over 17 people were killed, and 60 were injured. Resources convey that Ilyas Kashmiri was also involved in the Soviet-Afghan War, Kashmir Conflicts, and other attacks in India. Along with these he is also held responsible for attacks in Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, and Bangalore in 2008. He himself declared that 26/11 was his plot.

The U.S. officially designated him as a terrorist in 2010. The United States has also called him “A most dangerous man in the world.”

It is believed that he was shot dead by U.S militants in 2011.

4. Syed Salahuddin

Another name on the list of criminals of India is Syed Salahuddin, who is managing an organization for uniting Kashmir with Pakistan. Syed Salahuddin is the chief of Hizbul Mujahideen. This organization is linked with ISI and the Pakistan army. Syed Salahuddin is responsible for all the blasts, fights, and attacks in Kashmir and most of the criminal cases in India. He is currently residing in Pakistan. He is also behind the Delhi High Court attacks occurred in 2011. He runs United Jihad Council. This council retains a deep connection with Al Qaeda.

The National Investigator Agency lists Syed Salahuddin as the “Most Wanted Criminal” among the other criminals in India.

5. Anees Ibrahim

Anees Ibrahim is Dawood Ibrahim’s younger brother. He is moreover the most trusted man of Dawood Ibrahim. He is believed to be involved in all the accused criminal cases in India led by Dawood Ibrahim. Be it extortions, drug dealing, weapons trafficking, fake note banks many more. It is believed that he was chiefly involved in all of the grim business of D- Company. He was shot in 2009 by members of a rival gang in Karachi.

6.Sajid Mir

Sajid Mir came to India in 2005 as a cricket fan. He remains the commander of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. He came to India in 2005 to work on the 26/11 project. He and David Headley were working on this project together. Sajid Mir was in contact with the terrorists who invaded the country through a safe internet line from a safe house in Karachi. He was personally involved in accusing hostages of the terrorists. Sajid Mir is currently in a run with the ISI Directorate. Rumors say he has been traveling to Delhi with former armed officer Abdur Rehman Hashim.

7. Abu Salem

Abu Salem was born in 1969 in Uttar Pradesh. He is believed to be involved in many criminal cases in India like murdering, extorting, and exporting arms and drugs. It is furthermore stated that Abu Salem has invested in Bollywood Films and retains a connection with the Film industry as well. He is rumored to be responsible for murdering producer Gulshan Kumar and other Indian producers like Subhash Ghai, Rajiv Rai for money from them.

Abu Salem joined D-Company as a Driver to transport drugs and weapons. He remotely handles and indeed sends his men to Bollywood stars and producers. In January 2001, his men were rumored to shoot the personal secretary of Manisha Koirala. He is also believed to be part of the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts.

8. Major Iqbal

The mastermind of the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai is Major Iqbal. He is a major in the Pakistan army and a serving ISI officer. He is held responsible for recruiting “David Headley.” David Headley is a spy and an American terrorist of the Pakistan army. David Headley recently informed that Major Iqbal befall the mastermind behind plotting the whole 26/11 attacks. He mentioned that he is also recognized by the name of “Choudhry Khan.” David Headley communicated this information during his trial in Chicago. He added that Major Iqbal once informed him about some of the attackers from a Pakistani Boat in September 2008. He said they lost the Pakistani boats while they were heading towards India for blasts.

9. Reshma Memon

Reshma Memon remains the wife of Yakub Memon. She is accused of helping Yakub and Dawood in the Bombay blasts of 1993. It is believed that Reshma Memon, along with her sister, was involved in many attacks and currently residing in Pakistan.

10. Chota Shakeel

Chota Shakeel was born in Bombay. He was initially named Mohammed Shakeel Babu Miyan Shaikh. He is the crime boss of the Dawood Company, frequently known as D-Company. He joined the D-Company when he used to stay in Dubai in 1988. He is held responsible for the 1993 Bombay Bomb Blasts. He was equally involved in all the criminal activities during his prior years of life. Chota Shakeel is responsible for remotely tracking everyday activity in D-Company. It is believed that he helped Abu Salem in linking him with the Bollywood film industries. It is rumored that he had killed Chota Rajan in Bangkok.

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Chota Shakeel is also declared “WANTED” by the U.S. government because of his involvement in drug trafficking.

Rumors say he died in 2017 in Tajikistan. He is one of the most dangerous criminals of India.