Local mafia indulged in dacoity and kidnapping. The Bhantu were traditionally a nomadic community involved with in dacoity and robbery. The British government initiated a case calling it the Hili Mail Dacoity case. In early 1908, Pulin organized the sensational Barrah Dacoity. There the community took up dacoity and theft. As Mithun's ambition fails, he turns to alcohol, dacoity, and thugism. The exact reasons for the emergence of dacoity in the Chambal valley has been disputed. A genre of Indian cinema (including Bollywood) revolving around dacoity. In the same year, Nagchala Dacoity in Mandi state took place. In Sriperumbudur, they killed a schoolgirl and injured her parents grievously while committing a dacoity. In June 2000, after 18 years of dacoity, she surrendered to Uttar Pradesh police. During the dacoity, Zainab is abducted by one of Usman's men. Developing a deep attachment towards Bachhu, Badshah redeems himself by abandoning dacoity. Twelve of them were arrested while planning another dacoity in an abandoned factory. One unit was stationed at Ghat Gate, Jaipur to check dacoity.