About the Book

BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF DREADED UP GANGSTER ATIQ AHMED, WHO WAS KILLED ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER LIVE ON TV
Determined to become gangsters by killing a dreaded don, three youths joined the crowd of mediapersons, posing as journalists. These journalists were covering the event live, and the entire country was watching the prime-time news, when the assassins shot Babar Qureshi and his brother Taimur point-blank.
Who ordered this hit? Who hatched this conspiracy? And who were these men who were slaughtered while in police custody?
Over a hundred cases of murders and extortion were registered against the ruthless gangster Babar Qureshi. But he would escape unscathed every time. Eyewitnesses were bought, or killed in broad daylight, and sometimes the courts themselves were compromised. The police were mortally afraid of his name, and the governments were under his sway.
Based on true events, Manoj Rajan Tripathi’s novel Kasari Masari is a nail-biting thriller about the organised crime industries and political intrigues of Uttar Pradesh.

About the Author

Manoj Rajan Tripathi has worked in journalism for almost thirty years. He began his career at Dainik Jagran and then joined the Hindustan Times Group. He worked in various editorial roles at the News 18 Network, India News and ETV. He has written the dialogue for the movie Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge-Part Two (Guest in London), starring Ajay Devgan, Paresh Rawal and Kartik Aryan. Currently he is the creative lead of Zee TV and Zee Anmol’s reality show Swarn Swar Bharat. His first novel Code Kakori was an instant bestseller.
Along with several awards for his journalistic work, he has also won many awards as a singer on national platforms like Zee TV’s reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Antakshari, Sur Shringaar and Sangam Kala.