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Podcast: In Focus by The Hindu
Episode: In Focus-Weekend | Inside Mumbai’s battle against the underworld w/ D. Sivanandhan IPS (Retd.)
Description: In this weekender episode, we take you back to a time when Mumbai was living under the shadow of the underworld- when extortion calls, gang wars, and contract killings were part of daily life. We are joined by one of the key officers who led the operations that broke the backbone of Mumbai’s mafia networks. As he talks about his book The Brahmastra Unleashed, we unpack what was really happening on the streets, what changed within the police force, and how the city slowly took back control.
What Mumbai looked and felt like during the peak of...