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

Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (English: ''Bahujan Development Front'') is a regional political party in the Vasai-Virar region of Maharashtra. It was originally known as ''Vasai Vikas Aaghadi''. The party is led and founded by Hitendra Thakur who wa ...

(BVA), Hitendra Thakur, a MLA from

Vasai Vasai (Konkani and Marathi pronunciation: �əsəi British English: Bassein; formerly and alternatively Marathi; ''Bajipur'') is a historical place and city located in Palghar district; it was partitioned out of the Thane district in 2014. It ...

. His nephew,

Kshitij Thakur Kshitij Thakur is an Indian politician, who served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) representing Nalasopara constituency in the Maharashtra State Assembly, from 2009-2024.. Thakur's father, Hitendra Thakur ...

is a MLA from

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Career

He wields enormous influence within the

Vasai-Virar Vasai-Virar is an agglomeration of four previously governed municipal councils: Vasai (Bassein), Virar, Nallasopara and Navghar-Manikpur, as well as a few towns to the east and west of the urban area. It lies in the Konkan division of Mahar ...

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, Hitendra Thakur in

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elections. It is also said that Petroleum Minister

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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 (e.g., money or goods) through coercion. In most jurisdictions it is likely to constitute a criminal offence. Robbery is the simplest and most common form of extortion, although making unfounded ...

, criminal intimidation,

attempt to murder An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur.''Criminal Law - ...

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse committed with the necessary Intention (criminal law), intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisd ...

. He was put behind bars after

Sudhakarrao Naik Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik (21 August 1934 – 10 May 2001) was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 following the communal riots. He had ...

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