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Once upon a time Mumbai was under too much of threat by the underworld honchos, on one hand cops pulled their socks for gunning down terrorists and on the other hand there were gang wars, murders, killings and blasts. The city was shaken and at unrest, this cruel saga of killing innocent people continued in 1993 after the Babri Masjid demolition. The 1993 blasts left 257 people dead, injured 1,400 and delivered a massive blow to Mumbai's psyche. The bombings were also Mumbai's first exposure to terror. For decades, the Mumbai noir had been dominated by gold smuggling, with its auxiliary industry of crime and gang warfare.

Dawood Ibrahim, the son of a constable who had then become the city's most p...