Music director Nadeem accused of killing Gulshan Kumar
Raj Narayanaswamy
From "Rediff on the Net":
http://www.redifindia.com/news/sep/01super.htm
Music director Nadeem Saifi got music magnate Gulshan Kumar murdered,
the Bombay police alleged on Monday.
Police Commissioner Ronald H Mendonca alleged at a press conference on
Monday that Gulshan Kumar was shot dead by three goons hired by Nadeem
who apparently felt Kumar was trying to end his career.
Nadeem, along with Shravan, had shot to fame after the success of the
musical, Aashiqui, a film produced by Gulshan Kumar. The duo had
recently scored the music for Subhash Ghai's Pardes, besides winning
several awards for last year's blockbuster Raja Hindustani.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Detection) L R Rao, who is a part of
the team investigating the case, said, "Sixty-five per cent of the
market for music audio rights are owned by Gulshan Kumar's Super
Cassettes company and he refused films in which Nadeem-Shravan had
composed the music. Therefore, Nadeem eliminated him."
According to the police, Nadeem hatched the conspiracy in Dubai in May
with Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, the brother of fugitive gangster Dawood
Ibrahim Kaskar and Dawood's associates Abu Salem and Kayyum.
On August 16, the police team arrested Javed Abdul Wahid Khan and
Rafique Ahmed Ansari, affiliated to the Abu Salem gang, in connection
with the murder.
During interrogation, Khan and Ansari said they and two others, Mohammad
Ali Hassan Shaikh and Rafique Mohamad Issac Phalke, had discussed the
plan in Dubai along with Anees Kaskar, Abu Salem and Kayyum.
Rao denied earlier reports that Kumar was killed by extortionists
because he did not pay up. He said though the police had admitted that
Gulshan Kumar had received threats, nowhere had they said that these
came from extortionists.
Nadeem did not attend the Filmfare awards in Hyderabad on August 27 --
his wife is being treated in London for problems related to her
pregnancy.
Asked why the police disclosed Nadeem's involvement when he was not in
Bombay and, therefore, difficult to arrest, Rao said, "He is not a
professional criminal who will escape like other criminals. His entire
set-up is in Bombay. There is no way he can escape."
Crime branch sources said Nadeem has been out of Bombay since Gulshan
Kumar died. During the interrogation of the arrested gangsters, the
police reportedly learnt that Nadeem had organised a "secret" music
function in June for Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in Dubai. Many wellknown
Bollywood personalities, the police claim, were present.
Gulshan Kumar apparently preferred newcomers and avoided the duo after
they became well-known, Rao said.
Oddly enough, in February, Nadeem had brought out an album,Hi! Ajnabi,
in association with Super Cassettes. This, despite not working with
Gulshan Kumar for four years.
Asked during the album's release about his differences with Gulshan
Kumar, Nadeem had said, 'There were no differences at all... We just got
busy and drifted apart... But now everybody is back together, just like
old times.'
The police also interrogated Shravan, but could not find anything. "So
far we feel he is not involved in the killing," Rao said.
"We expect Nadeem (to return) this week...," Rao said, adding that the
police hopes to capture the actual killers in a week. But the police
officer did not reveal the killer's names, claiming that making the
names public would hinder the investigation.
Mo
I saw Nadeem's extensive interview on Zee last night and I must say he
did not behave like a guilty person. His wife had miscarried the night
before and he was speaking at the hospital.
A guilty person usually will not speak or wants his lawyer there in
case he implicates himself but Nadeem did not hesitate to answer any
questions. He said Abu Salem had come to talk to him while they were
eating in a restaurant in a Dubai and Nadeem was terrified of him.
He further said that Gulshan Kumar was like a father to him. Think
about it -killing GK by Nadeem would serve no purpose as the heirs of
GK if he was anti Nadeem as reported would have carried on the same
policies.
My belief is that it was a pure case of extortion by Abu Salem and
others to finance their parasitic lifestyle and they have brought in
Nadeem's name as a smokescreen . If Nadeem does go back to India to
face trial he should be treated as innocent until proven guilty and
the 5 goondas who have confessed to this crime and whoever
masterminded it should be hanged without delay. There should not be a
twenty year gap between offence and sentencing as is common in Indian
courts.
baber
I think Nadeem is being framed for these charges. Although he's well known
for a losse character...he definitely cant be involved in such a gruesome
act of butcherism...If at all somebody outside the DAWOOD gang has a
hand...its definitely the rival music industry magnates like Tips,
Venus...and so on b/c Gulshan Kumar was back into the foray of Non-T
series movies OR banners...lotta good music rights like Prithvi,
Itihaas,Mrityudaata (also on Big B)...many more.were going to him..
Baber Khan
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Anil
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