Kotwal Ramachandra was one of the first underworld dons of Bangalore in the 1970s and 1980s. He covered Bengaluru North and operated from Kodandarampura/ Srirampura areas. 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, Bachchan and Varadharaja Nayak. Kotwal Ramachandra was from Shimoga and worked in the Indian Navy for a brief while. 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.