Abdul Latif (criminal)

Abdul Latif was an underworld figure in Gujarat and an alleged associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He was based in Ahmedabad and was also politically well connected. He used to wait on tables in gambling dens where he started serving liquor as a teenager. He became a small-time bootlegger and eventually monopolised the illegal liquor business in Gujarat. Latif was wanted for over 40 cases of murder and a similar number of kidnappings and was a suspect in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

He was arrested in 1995 in Delhi and was housed at the Sabarmati jail pending trial. In November 1997, Abdul Latif was shot dead by the unknown people in Ahmedabad while allegedly trying to escape. In 2014, Latif's son, Shaikh Arif Abdul Latif, contested in the election in the ticket of Samajwadi Party against Shanker Singh Vaghela, who was the Chief Minister when Latif was killed. Latif's other son had contested against Vaghela in 2009 in the ticket of Samajwadi Party.

The upcoming Bollywood film Raees is said to be based on Latif's life. But in April 2016, Latif's son Mushtaq Shaikh issued a lawsuit for defamation against the makers of the film, saying that the film misrepresented his father. Shaikh's lawyer said that the 97 cases lodged against Latif were for bootlegging and other serious offences under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA), but at no point did he run a brothel or use women for delivery in his bootlegging operations, as depicted in the film. The lawyer also added that Latif was known for spending money on the poor and downtrodden. It was ultimately declared that the film was not based on any living or dead person and was completely fictional.

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