# Isaque Bagwan

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{{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](/source/police_encounter) in [Mumbai](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Shootout_at_Wadala)''. His character was played by [Anil Kapoor](/source/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>

==References==
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Category:Indian police officers
Category:Living people
Category:People from Mumbai
Category:Encounters in India
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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