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'''Isaque Bagwan''' is a former Indian police officer. He is widely known for carrying out the first [[police encounter]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="q554"/><br />
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==Life & Background==<br />
Bagwan joined police force in 1974.<ref name="w560">{{cite web | title=Bagwan dada | website=Mid-day | date=2009-05-30 | url=https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/Bagwan-dada-46944 | access-date=2025-11-24}}</ref><br />
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Bagwan became well known through media in 1982 when he was a sub-inspector and he carried out the police encounter of gangster [[Manya Surve]] at Wadala, Mumbai.<ref name="y101">{{cite web | last=Naidu | first=Jayprakash S | title=Explained: Who is ex-cop Isaque Bagwan, and what are the 'disproportionate assets' allegations against him? | website=The Indian Express | date=2022-03-30 | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ex-cop-isaque-bagwan-disproportionate-assets-allegations-against-him-7837503/ | access-date=2025-11-24}}</ref> This was the first-ever registered encounter done by the Mumbai Police.<ref name="q554"/><br />
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In 1983, gangster Amirzada Khan was shot dead in Mumbai's Sessions Court on the orders of gangster [[Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar]]. The assassin David Pardesi attempted to escape but was shot in the leg by Bagwan before he was arrested.<ref name="y101"/><ref name="e247">{{cite book | authorlink=S. Hussain Zaidi| last=Zaidi | first=Hussain | title=Dongri to Dubai - Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia | publisher=Roli Books Private Limited | date=2012-08-10 | isbn=978-81-7436-818-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc5bBAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT180 | access-date=2025-11-24 | page=180}}</ref> During the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], Bagwan won accolades for safeguarding people and restricting the movement of militants.<ref name="y101"/><ref name="q554"/> He took retirement in 2009.<ref name="p971"/><br />
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In 2018, he published his memoir called "Me against the Mumbai Underworld".<ref name="y101"/><ref name="q554">{{cite web | title=Ex-cop Isaque Bagwan's memoir charts out Mumbai's dark underbelly | website=The Times of India | date=2018-06-26 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/ex-cop-isaque-bagwans-memoir-charts-out-mumbais-dark-underbelly/articleshow/64746021.cms | access-date=2025-11-24}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
He was depicted in the 2013 Bollywood movie ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]''. His character was played by [[Anil Kapoor]].<ref name="p971">{{cite web | last=Mohandas | first=Vandana | title=Supercop's fight against Mumbai gangs | website=Deccan Chronicle | date=2018-07-15 | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/sunday-chronicle/shelf-life/150718/supercops-fight-against-mumbai-gangs.html | access-date=2025-11-24}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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