The shadow of fear of the underworld remained on Bollywood for many years. At that time, artists working in the film industry were openly threatened. Pressure was put on them. Money was extorted forcibly and sometimes even heinous crimes like murder were committed. The underworld also had a direct hand in the murder of Gulshan Kumar.
Manisha Koirala’s secretary was also killed without any reason. Now, Mumbai Police’s well-known encounter specialist officer Pradeep Sharma has recently narrated many shocking stories from the old days. He told how terrible the fear of a gangster named Abu Salem was spread during that period. He also mentioned the story of Monica Bedi being trapped.
Abu Salem was the most dangerous and dirty criminal
Pradeep Sharma was talking in Shubhojit Ghosh’s podcast. He said in clear words, ‘The dirtiest and most dreaded criminal of that time was Abu Salem. He got a completely innocent and ordinary person like Gulshan Kumar murdered. Gulshan Kumar was attacked when he was going to the temple. This was a heinous crime for which there can be no forgiveness.
Manisha Koirala’s secretary murdered
Pradeep Sharma further explains, ‘Abu Salem had also got Manisha Koirala’s secretary Ajit Dewani murdered. At that time, there was so much terror of Abu Salem that people were afraid to even answer his phone. People in the entire film industry used to call him ‘Lieutenant’. He had not left anyone. He also collected money from people doing small jobs like cameramen. When people started deliberately not picking up his phones, he shot Manisha Koirala’s secretary in the head to give a dangerous message to the entire industry because it was mostly the secretaries who picked up the phones. We had opened this case and investigated it.
This actress had to suffer huge consequences
Japradeep Sharma also told that at that time, many actresses, who had good roles in films or whose films were not doing well, started taking help from underworld like Abu Salem. Monica Bedi is a great example of this. He tried to adopt shortcuts, but in the end he had to suffer the consequences.
Firing case against Rakesh Roshan
Pradeep Sharma also mentioned Rafiq Dabbawala. They say that Rafiq Dabbawala was also a notorious criminal of that time. He worked as a freelancer and was often used by Abu Salem. Rafiq was considered a very good contract killer. The same Rafiq had also fired on Rakesh Roshan. Rakesh Roshan had a narrow escape in this attack. Many such scary and shocking stories were hidden behind the colorful world of Bollywood at that time. The fear of the underworld was so widespread that even big stars were forced to live in the shadow of fear. Due to the hard work of police officers like Pradeep Sharma, many such gangsters were later controlled, but the memories of those old days are still scary.
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