Bawaria was the prime suspect in dacoities in which many prominent figures including Salem district Congress committee president Thalamuthu Natarajan and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionary Gajendran, were killed.
One of their recent operations was at Gummidipoondi where AIADMK MLA Sudarsanam, was shot dead and his house looted.
[2] The operation against the Bawaria criminals was launched in January 2005 soon after the murder of AIADMK MLA K. Sudarsanam from Gummidipoondi.
Special Task Force, they nabbed Oma Bawaria and his wife Beena Devi as they were preparing for a major dacoity nearby.
[4] Beginning in January 2005, the team nabbed ten Bawaria gang members in various parts of the country along with four trucks used by them.