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Mafia don Bharat Nepali who allegedly plotted Jamim's murder shot dead in Bangkok
Mumbai crime boss Bhagwant Singh alias Bharat Nepali, who is accused of masterminding the murder of media mogul Jamim Shah in February last year, has been shot dead in Thai capital Bangkok by the henchmen of his former boss Chhota Rajan.
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Mafia don Bhagwant Singh alias Bharat Nepali
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Indian news reports quoting police officers in Mumbai said Nepali was shot dead by two men as he stepped out of the shop of an acquaintance at the City Market in Bangkok.
Sources in Mumbai police said the assailants closely tracked Nepali's movements before mounting the final assault. However, it as not clear in news reports when exactly he was killed.
Mumbai police are awaiting the case papers from Bangkok police, which would to be routed through the Ministry of External Affairs.
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Jamim Shah
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Nepali had allegedly masterminded the killings of advocate Shahid Azmi and Rajan's close associate Farid Tanasha last year. Nepali had parted ways with Rajan in 2005 after which he formed his own gang.
He had been living under a fictitious name for the past few years, in November last year.
Police in Nepal had claimed that Nepali and another notorious Indian gangster Bablu Shrivastav had masterminded the murder of Spacetime Network's chairman Shah.
Shah was shot inside his car by two gunmen at Lazimpat, Kathmandu, in the broad daylight on 7 February 2010