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  • Godfathers of Crime

  • Face-to-Face with India's Most Wanted
  • Written by: Sheela Raval
  • Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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Godfathers of Crime

Written by: Sheela Raval
Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
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Publisher's Summary

'Main Shakeel Bhai bol raha hoon. Farmaiyen, Sheelaji!'

Among the first female journalists in India to investigate crime and the underworld, Sheela Raval has had an eventful three-decade-long career in print media and television that has seen her track India's most notorious criminals across different parts of the globe. Always hot on the trail of a story, Raval broke the news about Chhota Rajan surviving a brutal assassination attempt in Bangkok in 2000, attended Dawood Ibrahim's daughter's wedding in Dubai and is the only person to have interviewed Samira Jumani, noted gangster Abu Salem's first wife, after Salem's arrest and extradition.

Now, in a candid memoir of fearless reportage, Raval recounts her interactions with the much-feared dons, and the revelations they brought forth about the intricate workings of organized crime within Indian borders and beyond. Raval's bold writing gives fresh, and so-far unpublished, insight into the D Company's evolution as a criminal organization with transnational influence and connections with foreign governments; the much-talked-about split between Dawood and Chhota Rajan; a once-promising cricketer who became one of Mumbai's most-feared dons; the Abu Salem - Monica Bedi affair; and the circumstances that led her to appear as a state witness in the high-profile case against film producer Bharat Shah and Chhota Shakeel.

Chilling and revelatory, Raval's stories provide a fascinating glimpse into the minds of organized criminals who have long haunted India's security forces. Godfathers of Crime is a chronicle of men who have lived outside the boundaries of the law for most of their lives, told through the personal experiences of an intrepid journalist.

©2015 Sheela Raval (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

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  • 04-01-24

detailed narrative

Well detailed narrative of the Godfathers of Crime . Gives insights of all the Godfathers since the old times till now

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Astounding insight of the underworld operations

The encounter stories of the dreaded Dons with a fearless journo are amazing. The book reveals about the networks of the illegal trade of drug, weapon and front face of the real estate, films, other legit businesses. The book depicts the global links of Indian mafia-police-polotics in a subtle manner.

A better narrator could be chosen as she couldn't pronounce several Hindi and Marathi words properly.

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poor recitation of local language

the book is okay but the recitation of local language and words used in the book is particularly poor.

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Excellent

Loved it. The story book is engrossing, full of real life experiences and narrative.

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