Detective Moochwala

[1] The strip chronicles the adventures of Moochhwala, a fictional detective, and his dog, Pooch, who solve several crimes armed with high-tech equipment and a little chutzpah.

The comic series appeared in an Indian youth magazine Target (part of the India Today Group) between 1979 and 1991.

The comic strip was stopped sometime in 1991, when the magazine underwent a renaissance and transformed itself into a more text-oriented version.

The crime-fighting duo were sometimes referred to in the strip as "Mooch and Pooch", and managed to crack even the most difficult of cases.

He is depicted as a pot-bellied, stubby-legged man with little hair, and a trademark inverted "V" moustache.