Mohar Singh Gujjar, became a dacoit following a land-dispute vendetta: he shot a rival and escaped into the ravines in 1958. Forming his own gang in 1965, he earned notoriety for being ruthless in eliminating police informers, and soon his 146-member gang held sway over entire northern Madhya Pradesh and parts of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh; kidnapping the rich for ransom became his speciality. For his people, the Gujjars, the much-reviled Mohar remained a hero.