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Delhi: Police nab Sohail and 5 other Bangladeshi dacoits, involved in violent robberies and murders across several Indian States

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2026

Police also informed that the gang depended on a network of local contacts and relatives in India to identify targets with large amounts of cash and gold.

‘Bihar was ruled by impotent governments’ says Badri Narayan Pandey, who formed the Gram Raksha Dal to fight against dacoits and made West Champaran...

श्रवण शुक्ल - 24 October, 2025

This armed conflict lasted from 1990 to 2002. During this period, the village defence forces seized weapons such as machine guns and Sten guns and handed them over to the government. At one point, they possessed 16,000 weapons, including 9,500 licensed ones.

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Pakistan: Kidnappings surge in Rahim Yar Khan as dacoits target Hindu minorities

ANI - 6 October, 2024

The dacoits abducted two Hindu citizens, Shameer Jee and Dheema Jee, from their home in the Kalywali area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Bhong police in Pakistan.

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