Kamdev Singh

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Kamdev Singh (also spelt as Kamdeo Singh) was a gangster, smuggler and mafia strongman from Nayagaon village of Begusarai district . He was an anti-communist and for the locals of his hometown, he has been called a "Robin Hood" and "God". He was alleged to kill 34 AISF members in a year.

He was born to a poor farmer family in chakwar bhumihar clan. He was smallest among his four brothers.  He was killed in encounter with CRPF in 1980. After his death begusarai turned out to be a bastion for CPI. A year later is death, treaty happened between his nephew and Surya Narayan singh , incumbent MP from balia during 1981 to end  communist vs congress era in begusarai. That treaty led to end of bloodsheed era in begusarai [1]






[2][3][4] Kamdev Singh was hired by various politicians for booth capturing.[5][6] His son is Rajkumar Singh.[7]

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  1. ^ {{Cite https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/kamdev-singh-begusarai-mafia-don-history-downtrodden-people-call-him-god-1129609-2020-09-15}}
  2. ^ Ahmed, Farzand (28 January 2014) [15 May 1980]. "After 20 years of terrorising, Kamdeo Singh lived by the gun and died by it". India Today. Retrieved 2021-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Kamdeo Singh: The mafia don of Bihar as elusive as the Yeti". India Today. 19 February 2014 [31 October 1979]. Retrieved 2021-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ स्वरोची, दीपक सिंह (15 September 2020). "सम्राट कामदेव सिंह: बेगूसराय का वो नाम जो माफिया था और मसीहा भी" [Emperor Kamdev Singh: The name of Begusarai which was Mafia and also the Messiah]. आज तक (in Hindi). Retrieved 2021-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Chaudhary, Pranava K. (14 February 2005). "Where booth capturing was born". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Vaishnav, Milan (2017-01-24). When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics. Yale University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-300-22474-0.
  7. ^ Kumar, Rajiv (31 October 2020). "A lot at stake for Left parties in Begusarai". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-04-02. Raj Kumar, who did his graduation from Delhi University in 1990, has a clean image with no criminal record. However, he is the son of Kamdeo Singh, the most dreaded gangster of the eastern part of India whose smuggling network extended from Nepal to far off Kolkata and Mumbai during the 70s.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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