India, Sept. 24 -- Delhi Police have arrested a history-sheeter, who built his gang after being "inspired" by the Bollywood film 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' and its character 'Maya', following an encounter for alleged involvement in the stabbing-robbery incident in Amar Colony in southeast Delhi.
In the intervening night of September 22 and 23, Sagar alias Maya was shot in the leg when he opened fire at a team of the Delhi Police's Special Task Force (STF) in Sarita Vihar, he said, adding the gangster is undergoing treatment at the Safdarjung Hospital.
During interrogation, the accused revealed his fascination with gangster films and how he adopted the name of the character Maya Dolas, based on a Mumbai-based gangster who used to work for D...