Kotwal Ramachandra was an underworld don of Bengaluru in the 70's and 80's. He was a contemporary of his rival M.P.Jayaraj. There was a power struggle between the two as to who would rule the Bangalore underworld under the cloud of the new generation crime boss Oil Kumar, but M.P.Jayaraj was successful in bumping off Kotal Ramachandra with the help of Agni Shridhar and his associates. Kotwal Ramachandra hailed from Shivamogga town. He was a well-built man, over 6 feet tall, and used knives and sickles as his weapons. He was backed by some politicians in his heyday. He was killed on 22 March 1986 by a four member goonda team, supported by Jayaraj. He was killed in a farm house near Tumkur and his death was not known to outside world even after a month.