Early life 'Hubba' Shyamal Das was born in
Konnagar city of Hooghly district in a rented house in 1966. His father worked in a cotton factory. Das only wanted to study till third grade and rarely went to school after that. He would spend his time sitting beside railway lines and watching freight trains pass. He would help his mother weave cloth as she worked as a textile weaver. He dropped out of school at fifth grade. When he was 14, he smoked bidi and bought drugs. He told his father that he would rather rob wagons of freight trains rather than do labor work and started robbing wagons from 16. He first robbed machines from a nearby
Imperial Chemical Industries factory in the night.
1984–Mid 1990s First murder and forming of the gang In 1984, an employee of the factory was returning with his bicycle, carrying a bag of money. Das asked him to hand all of the money over. When he refused, Das stabbed him with a knife and ran away with the money. The locals reported to the local police station. Some of the murders would reach newspapers. Two members of Das were killed by Bagha's gang. Das entered the hideout and controlled territories of Bagha and killed four gang members and burnt down their houses. Bagha escaped. The police from then took multiple crucial measures like raids and car searches. Shyamal was nowhere to be found, and was one of the only ones in his gang to not be caught in the nineties, he ranked number one on police lists. At that time, many buildings were being built in south Hooghly and vacant property was being sold fast. When both Das and Mahato decided about a plot of land, they thought of buying it, building an apartment on it, and selling it for a high price. Before Das's was trialed in the
Calcutta High Court, the police gathered some witnesses for his murder charges to go against Das. When the trial began, the witnesses turned against the state and denied any statements previously made by them. Thereby joining Hubba Shyamal's side. Das was arrested, but his gang at-large still persisted, and would not have taken their allegations kindly. The witnesses refused to identify the suspect (Das) in the test identification parade. Das having gained a lot of money from his business, spent on famous private lawyers. He was granted bail after being imprisoned for a bit more than a year by the Court of Calcutta which he paid and used to free himself. He returned to Hooghly after bailing. He was again granted bail by the
Calcutta High Court and released.
Nomination for municipal candidate and turning into politics Das posted a nomination to become the councilor/leader in ward no. 2 of
Rishra Municipality. For posting the nomination, he went to the
Shrirampore administrative building with a
motorcade of 50–60 cars backed up by a hundred motorcycles going along as a feat. Das repealed the nomination in 2011.
Third arrest Shyamal Das was arrested for a third time in front of a hotel near
Grand Trunk Road in Jagannathpur of
Dankuni on February 20, 2011. This time there were 52 charges against Das, with 26 of them being of murder. Upon being informed, officers from the Dankuni police station went to the specified location to apprehend Das. Das was caught in possession of a
revolver and nine rounds of ammo. He arrived there by a vehicle. He was charged for
grand theft auto (car theft) and for organizing a riot in a municipal building. Das was given bail and was released subsequently. == Death ==