<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 police officers wounded </Td> <Td> Gangsters: All 7 killed . </Td> </Tr> <P> The 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout was a gunbattle that occurred on 16 November 1991 at the Lokhandwala Complex, Bombay (now Mumbai), between seven gangsters led by Maya Dolas and members of the Mumbai police and the ATS led by the then Additional Commissioner of Police, Aftab Ahmed Khan . The four - hour - long shootout was termed as India's "first daylight encounter" and was videographed and conducted in full view of the public . It ended in the deaths of all seven gangsters, including Maya Dolas, Dilip Buwa and Anil Pawar . </P> <P> In the late 1980s, the Bombay underworld was under the firm control of the D - Company, headed by Dawood Ibrahim . From his base in Dubai, Ibrahim controlled underworld activities through his various lieutenants . Among the most prominent was Mahindra Dolas, a gangster who was known more popularly by his nickname Maya . Dolas had got his start running several successful extortion rackets for the Indian National Congress criminal - politician, Ashok Joshi's gang at Kanjurmarg . On 3 December 1988, Joshi was killed at the Bombay - Pune road near Panvel by a 15 - man hit squad led by Chhota Rajan at Ibrahim's orders . </P>

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