Jayendra Vishnu Thakur most commonly known as Bhai Thakur is a former underworld gangster who has been in jail multiple times under several charges including smuggling, murder and amongst various other cases. He hails from palghar.

Personal life

He is elder brother of politician and chairman of regional political party

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(BVA),

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, a MLA from Vasai. His nephew, Kshitij Thakur is a MLA from

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Career

He wields enormous influence within the Vasai-Virar belt owing to his former criminal background, his brother's political party and the Viva Group, owned by his family which controls multiple construction projects in the region. He has allegedly lost an eye in attack by a rival gang during his gangster days. In 1990, he is alleged to have helped in successfully fielding his brother,

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elections. It is also said that Petroleum Minister Ram Naik took his help in the last two

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polls through his brother Hitendra.

Crimes and conviction

He was accused in the Suresh Dube and Nizam Ansari murder case in 1989. The list of cases against Jayendra alia is long -

extortion Extortion is the practice of obtaining benefit through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence; the bulk of this article deals with such cases. Robbery is the simplest and most common form of extortion, ...

criminal intimidation Intimidation is to "make timid or make fearful"; or to induce fear. This includes intentional behaviors of forcing another person to experience general discomfort such as humiliation, embarrassment, inferiority, limited freedom, etc and the victi ...

attempt to murder Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions. Canada Section 239 of the ''Criminal Code'' makes attempted murder punishable by a maximum of life imprisonment. If a gun is used, the minimum sentence is four, five or seven ye ...

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

. He was put behind bars after

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took over as Chief Minister.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Jayendra Living people People from Thane district People from Virar Gang members Crime in Maharashtra Criminals from Maharashtra 1953 births