India, Feb. 5 -- Once upon a time, Mumbai's Underworld was the stuff of legends-an era that inspired countless movies, books, and crime thrillers. The city's streets echoed with the sounds of shootouts, gang rivalries, and sensational police encounters. Extortion rackets ran rampant, and the underworld operated with an iron grip. Among the infamous names that loomed large in Mumbai's crime syndicates, one figure stood out-DK Rao, the chief lieutenant of Chhota Rajan and one of the most feared gangsters in the city.

Known as Ravi Mallesh Bora, DK Rao has long been a key player in organised crime, his name deeply entrenched in Mumbai's police records since the 1990s. His criminal journey has been marked by an endless cycle of arrests, cour...