Bajrangi was first to use AK-47s in UP’s gang war

Varanasi | Tuesday | 10th July, 2018

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In 1997, Bajrangi was booked under the Gangster Act and his gang was registered as interstate gang (IS-233).By 2004, Bajrangi associated himself with Mukhtar gang. VARANASI: Dreaded gangster Munna Bajrangi introduced use of AK-47s in UP’s gang war. In 1996, Bajrangi created sensation by killing Gajraj’s political rivals — Mariyahu Kailash Dubey and BJP leader Rajkumar Singh in Rampur. He first used it in killing a block pramukh, Kailash Dubey, and his four accomplices at the behest of his mentor Mukhtar Ansari in 1996. Police caught Gajraj after the incident, but Bajrangi could not be traced.In mid ’90s, east UP witnessed a gang war between Brijesh and Mukhtar who were running their syndicates in lucrative trades, including coal..