The 65 Lakh Heist is first English version (translated by Sudarshan Purohit) of a Surender Mohan Pathak book. The Hindi crime thriller (hi:पैंसठ लाख की डकैती, Painsatth Lakh ki Dacoity) was first published in 1977. It was the fouth book in the Vimal series.The novel begun the trend of anti-heroism in Indian pulp fiction and was very controversial. Source: Wikipedia (en)