POLITICISATION OF

CRIMINALS
AND
CRIMINALISATION OF
POLITICS
Mehul Jain (12)
Pankaj Jain(13)
Anthony A. Joseph (14)
Satish Kachhawa (15)
Anupam Kaushik (16)
 Crime
• is the breach of a rule or law for
which a punishment may ultimately
be prescribed by some governing
authority or force.
 Politics
• the process by which groups of
people make decisions
• "who gets what, when, why, and
how.“
• "social relations involving authority
or power“
• refers to the regulation of a political
unit
• the methods and tactics used to
formulate and apply policy
 Criminalisation
• the process by which behaviours and
individuals are transformed into
crime and criminals(Michalowski)
• Previously legal acts may be
transformed into crimes by
legislation or judicial decision
 Politicisation
• give a “political” character to
something
 POLY CRIME INC.
ADDING VALUE(!) TO
PROMOTERS
 The Beginning
• Humble beginning in
1950s as M/s LIQOR
BARONS
ENTERPRISES in the
Bombay and Madras
Presidencies as a
“GARAGE STARTUP”
• Was helped by the
Government Policies
which restricted use
and consumption of
the nectar of Gods
and drove procuring
of liquor
underground
The Age Of The
Entrepreneur
• Bootleggers
flourished. This
was truly the “Age
of The
Entrepreneur”
• Ancillaries
included:
– Police
– Bureaucracy
– Politicians
 CHANGING RULES
• Prohibition was
removed by the
Government and
one could get
liquor permit to
drink.
√
• Ancillaries included
Medical Professions
too now!!
GROWTH IMPETUS IMPACT
• Happy Customers!!
• Scaling Up Of Ops :
Mafiadom
• Practices Adopted:
 Bribery
 Blackmail
 Threat of
Violence
 Gang Wars
 Booth Capturing
 DIVERSIFICATION
• FOREX
• Smuggling
• Flesh Trade

Opened up a Host of New

Options:
•Rigging Polls
•Influencing and
preventing people to
Vote
FORWARD INTEGRATION
• Realised Politicians
are Law immune
• Wanted to move
up the Value Chain
• From King Makers
to Kings
• Better Leverage
– Anticipatory Bail
– Jail Durbars ( in
case of
Emergency!!!)
AND FINALLY..THE TWO ARE
INSEPARABLE NOW!!!