Amar Naik
Indian gangster
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Amar Naik was an Indian gangster.[1]
Life
Naik started his criminal career in 1980.[2] There were around 200 criminals in his gang.[3]
He had assassinated industrialist Sunit Khatau.[4] A personal diary of Naik contained the names and telephone numbers of a number of police officers. Some of these reported instances of a nexus between leading politicians and the underworld were provided in newspapers.[5]
Investigators found Naik had visited the US, Canada, Australia and other countries. His bank accounts having more than Rs. 5 lakh were frozen. After 8 months on 10 August, 1996, he was killed in an encounter by Vijay Salaskar.[6][7][8]
Patronized by Shiv Sena, his encounter was condemned by Shiv Sena's newspaper Saamana as "selective killing of Hindu and Marathi mafia dons".[9] After his death, his gang was overtaken by his brother Ashwin Naik.[10]
In popular culture
In 2021, Bollywood movie Mumbai Saga based on Naik's life was released.[11]
