India, Sept. 9 -- The funeral of 22-year-old Ayush alias Govind Komkar, grandson of veteran gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar, was held on Monday at Vaikunth Crematorium under unprecedented police security. Ayush, son of jailed gangster Ganesh Komkar, was gunned down in Nana Peth on September 5 in what investigators believe was a revenge killing orchestrated by his grandfather Bandu, marking a chilling new turn in Pune's gangland saga where family bonds have collapsed into deadly rivalries.

Police, fearing fresh violence during the cremation, deployed two deputy commissioners of police (DCPs) and large contingents of force in and around the crematorium. Additional vans were stationed at sensitive points while crowd control measures ...