Why gulshan kumar was killed

As he was falling down, another assailant came forward and started firing at him. In an attempt to save himself, the deceased got up and walked a few steps, when the third assailant fired several rounds, killing him on the spot. Kumar was immediately rushed to Cooper Hospital where he was declared brought dead and later 18 bullets were retrieved from the body. Nineteen persons, including the father and brother of the Merchant brothers, were arrested in connection with the murder and the prosecution examined 45 witnesses to bring home their guilt.

On April 29, , Mumbai sessions court acquitted all accused, but Abdul Rauf and sentenced him to life imprisonment. A division bench of justice Sadhana Jadhav and justice NR Borkar directed Abdul Rashid to forthwith surrender either before the trial court or before the DN Nagar police station, where the first information report FIR was registered in connection with the high-profile murder.

He has also been directed to surrender his passport to the police. Taurani, too, was prosecuted for being part of the conspiracy to kill Kumar, but was acquitted by the trial court. Well, here are some disturbing things about his assassination that would feel like something straight out of a Bollywood film. We have seen so many movies where businessmen or heroes' parents get extortion threats from gangsters in order to save their lives. Well, this is quite exactly what happened with Gulshan Kumar as well.

According to reports, on August 5, , Kumar had received calls from notorious gangster Abu Salem where he told him to pay extortion money. However, after Kumar refused to pay the money demanded, just a week later on August 12, he was gunned down in Mumbai.

Our earliest concepts of ideas around sharpshooters or assassins come from Bollywood movies, where often the hero saves the day by taking on them in a gunfight. Gulshan Kumar, known to be a god-loving man, had been off to Jeeteshwar Mahadev Mandir in Andheri on a regular temple visit.

However, before he could make his way to his car, two sharpshooters hiding near the temple fired three bullets at him in broad daylight. It was reported that Gulshan tried to take shelter but before he could, the assassins then fired 15 more bullets and fled. Saifee has however remained in the United Kingdom since the murder. Merchant while on parole in , granted by the Bombay high court, fled India for Bangladesh. He was arrested in Bangladesh after he entered the country without any valid documents, and given a five-year prison term.

After the completion of his first sentence he was arrested again in December over possible terror links. After this he was handed over to Indian authorities by the Bangladeshi government. Share Via. Nadeem Akhtar declared as a co-conspirator. Don't Miss These Stories. Click here for more. The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards. More Entertainment Entertainment Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar turns Imtiaz Ali called his hero a 'stupid guy', the film is as pointless Entertainment Meenakshi Sundareshwar is an inauthentic, stereotypical take on Tamil culture.

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