Weird Nicknames of Notorious Gangsters From Across the World

These names of gangsters may sound funny, but they still send chills down the spines of many.

Chhota Rajan

Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhaljee came to be known as Chhota Rajan after his deceased boss, Bada Rajan, the “Madrasi don.”

Bada Rajan’s formal name is Rajan Mahadev Nair.

Tiger Memon

Mushtaq Memon, the brain behind the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, is known as “Tiger” due to his speed.

His father, Abdul Razak Memon was also called “Tiger” after the Nawab of Pataudi. The Nawab was the captain of the national cricket team while Abdul Razak was a player in the Mumbai league, according to a report by Outlook.

The Serpent

Charles Sobhraj, the name currently making news, has had a truly international ‘career.’

With an Indian father and a Vietnamese mother, Sobhraj’s criminal journey has a list of murders embedded in it, along with smuggling, and thievery.

Famous for his highly dramatic escapes from prisons, he is also known as the Bikini Killer.

Poone

Narasimha Murthy, a mafia don from Bangalore, was called Poone which literally means cat in Tamil.

The kingpin from Bengaluru, was called so by his targets, mostly labourers, due to his eyes, which they believed looked like a cat’s.

In 2009, Poone was killed by his arch nemesis, Kapali Ananda, according to a report by Mid-day.

Firecracker

This 22-year-old, whose official name is not known, calls himself ‘Firecracker’.

Accompanied by teenagers, Firecracker dropped a dead body in the slums of Salvador.

The drug gangs in Brazil recruit youngsters – teenagers – to rule over the densely populated slum areas in the cities.

Koti Rama

Koti Rama, the feared gangster from Bengaluru’s Kamakshipalya region was popularly perceived as looking like a monkey.

Koti literally means monkey in Kannada.

Jyothi Raj, according to an article in Deccan Herald, has another popular name; the ‘Local Spiderman.’

Koti Rama was detained on Independence day in 2014 for scaling a building in order to hoist the national flag without permission.

La Barbie

Édgar Valdez Villareal is a Mexican kingpin known to have committed murders in Mexico while distributing cocaine all over the United States of America.

The gangster is reportedly named La Barbie due to his blue eyes and blonde hair.

According to a report by The Economist, he was arrested in 2010 in Mexico.

Station Shekhar

Station Shekhar, the notorious travel mafia don, hid in railway stations after committing crimes.

Shekhar also gained a reputation by harassing coolies on the station for customers at his travel agency.

He was shot dead by the police in 1989.

BRA Gang

The BRA gang found its name in the initials of its members; Babu Reshim, Rama Naik, and Arun Gawli.

Arun Gawli, one of the most influential names in Mumbai, still induces fear in the hearts of many.

The don from Dagdi Chawl is the founder of Maharashtra’s political party Akhil Bhartiya Sena.

Amchi Mule

Amchi Mule, in Marathi, means our sons/boys.

The term was used as Balasaheb Thackeray’s term of endearment for Maharashtrian gangsters during the mill-times, according to journalist Hussain S Zaidi.