Nirbhay Gujjar Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Nirbhay Gujjar

• He was born in Pachdaura village of Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh.

• Nirbhay Gurjar is counted among the dreaded bandits of the rugged.

• At the age of 25, he attempted his first robbery in the house of a rich man in Churki village of Jalaun district, but he was arrested by the police and locked in the jail.

• After being released from the jail, he went to Chambal and took refugee under the robber Lalaram, after which he did many robberies and kidnappings.

• Once he earned a good amount of money with robbery and kidnappings, Nirbhay started his own gang with 60 dacoits. They had weapons like AK-47 and AK-56 besides 315 bore guns.

• The local police were afraid to face Nirbhay and the Madhya Pradesh police had announced a reward of Rs 2.5 lakh each on his arrest.

• Nirbhay Gurjar used to rape women in the village where he went to rob. He once kidnapped a 13-year-old girl named Neelam Gupta and later married her.

• Nirbhay had an affair with his adopted son Shyam’s wife Sarla. Shayam rebelled against the gang. Later Shyam got in an affair with Nirbhay Gujjar’s wife Neelam Gupta.

• In 2005, Shyam and Neelam surrendered before the police and informed the police about the secret hideouts of the robber Nirbhay Gurjar. Police tracked him and later killed him.

• Mr. K. K. Muhammed, the Regional Director (North) of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), once shared that Nirbhay Gujjar and his gang were very co-operated and help the Archaeological Survey of India for the restoration of Bateshwar Hindu temples, Madhya Pradesh, that were constructed during the Gurjara-Pratihara empire between 8th to 11th century.

• In 2013, an Indian Bollywood film was made depicting the life journey of Nirbhay Gujjar named as Beehad – The Ravine, starring Vikas Shrivastav in lead role.

Beehad – The Ravine (2013) film poster