The Maharashtra State Cyber Department, under the office of the special inspector general of police, has registered an FIR against sellers and e-commerce platforms, including Flipkart, AliExpress, TeeShopper and Etsy, for promoting T-shirts glorifying notorious gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Dawood Ibrahim. Officials have stated that they have written to all the platforms concerned, seeking details of the customers who purchased these T-shirts and plan to seize all sold merchandise to conduct a thorough investigation.

An officer from the Cyber Department added, “We are going to verify the background of all individuals [who purchased the T-shirts] because glorifying gangsters is an offence, and who knows if these people are somehow connected to them and may be working for them.”