Gangster Guru Satam
Gangster Guru Satam's aide held
By Vinay DalviVinay Dalvi, Mumbai Mirror | Updated: Jan 11, 2019, 06:00 IST
Krushna Kumar Balkrushna Nair
Cops feel Satam is operating extortion racket from South Africa.
An alleged close aide of gangster Guru Satam has been arrested by the Mumbai crime branch from Kerala in connection with an extortion case. The arrest has revealed that notorious gangster Satam, who has been on the run for 30 years, could be hiding in South Africa.
Krushna Kumar Balkrushna Nair alias Kevin alias Unni, 46, is suspected to have sent proceeds of the gang's ill-gotten wealth through hawala channels to Satam in South Africa.
The crime branch had in July last year arrested Amol Vichare, Bharat Solanki, Rajesh Ambre, Bipin Dhotre and Dipak Lodhia, suspected to be members of Satam's gang, for trying to extort money from a builder who has projects in Parel. During investigations, it found that Dhotre had send Rs 60 lakh to Satam through Nair, and that Lodhia passed on information to his boss about Mumbai builders who could be extorted. "We learned about Nair's role that same month. In October, a chargesheet was filed and all accused were booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act," said a police official.
Nair, a native of Kerala who was in the process of acquiring citizenship of Hong Kong, was picked up on Wednesday during a visit to his hometown. "He was a hawala operator and transfer money from Hong Kong to South Africa to Satam. He transferred Rs 50 lakh to Satam to date," said the official. The crime branch has his custody till January 16.
Satam, named in many high-profile killings, used to be part of Chhota Rajan's gang but they parted ways around 30 years ago.
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