One of the earliest leader of such a group of bandits was Mohan Bind, who was forced to become a dacoit to avenge the rape of his sister and severe repression by the Rajputs.
In response to the activities of Mohan Bind, the Rajput landlords started beating their alleged supporters, the ordinary villagers.
[7][8] The emergence of this gang led to decline in the influence of local strongman Bajrang Singh, who was forced to shift away from the hills and confine his activities elsewhere.
[9] This gang, along the with several other bandit groups were responsible for managing polling booths during elections, in favour of their preferred candidate, and hence they enjoyed political support to carry out their activities.
The gang also included members like Daroga Lohar and Narayan Kushwaha; latter used to collect the ransom in cases of kidnapping from the family of the victims.
[12] "Kameswar Koeri case" reveals the division in local media, as there emerged a conflict between various regional newspapers over defaming him or portraying him as victim.
It was stated that news reports, which wanted to portray him as a criminal and confirmed his membership of the gang of Ramashish Koeri ran as counter to his ambition of joining the active politics.
He was also the main accused in "Gopal Sharma murder case" and attack on Indian National Congress leader Surendra Tiwari in 1983.