{{Short description|Indian police officer, 1974–2009}} '''Isaque Bagwan''' is a former Indian police officer. He is widely known for carrying out the first police encounter in Mumbai.<ref name="q554"/>
==Life & Background== 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>
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"/>
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"/>
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>
==In popular culture== 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>
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