Baba Siddique’s murder brings Bollywood’s decades-old struggles with the underworld back into focus
Bollywood and the underworld’s relationship has been several decades old; be it good or bad. But it was Karim Lala whose primary business was extortion, kidnapping contract killing and narcotics. He was the go to peron if they needed justice. Karim Lala would invite film celebrities for his Eid celebrations. Dilip Kumar was close to him and often attended his events. It is a well-known fact that Dilip Kumar had to take Helen to meet Karim Lala. Helen had alleged that PN Arora had duped her of large sums of money. Lala solved her problem and Arora immediately gave her money.