Suhaib Ilyasi was born on 8 September 1966 and is an Indian television producer and director.
33 Facts About Suhaib Ilyasi
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Suhaib Ilyasi was the host of the notable TV crime show India's Most Wanted.
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Suhaib Ilyasi was the editor of the news magazine Bureaucracy Today'.
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Suhaib Ilyasi got involved in a legal battle with his in-laws for the custody of his daughter.
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Suhaib Ilyasi was acquitted in the case, while the charges 498A and 304B were not proven and Suhaib Ilyasi was discharged for the aforesaid charges in the trial court.
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Suhaib Ilyasi is an elder brother of Imam Umer Ilyasi who is said to be close to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and present RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat.
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Suhaib Ilyasi met Anju at Jamia Millia Islamia, a university in Delhi, where both were studying at the Mass Communication Research Centre, in November 1989.
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Later, Suhaib Ilyasi moved the show to Doordarshan under the name Fugitive Most Wanted.
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Suhaib Ilyasi went to Canada in October 1998 to persuade her to return.
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On 10 January 2000, Suhaib Ilyasi called two police constables who were guarding his house at 11:15pm, and told them that his wife had stabbed herself and asked them to call an ambulance.
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The policemen were there because Suhaib Ilyasi had claimed that he was getting death threats from the underworld due to his show.
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Anju Suhaib Ilyasi had died from excessive internal bleeding, which were described as self-inflicted in the initial forensic report, ruling out murder.
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Suhaib Ilyasi was playing with his daughter in another room, when Anju picked up an imported butcher's knife and stabbed herself.
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Suhaib Ilyasi moved into his in-laws' residence ostensibly to help them to cope with their grief.
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Suhaib Ilyasi had in 1997 during a visit she saw Ilyasi assault Anju.
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Suhaib Ilyasi said that the apartment in which they were living was purchased with money provided by her.
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Suhaib Ilyasi said that she had purchased the apartment for Anju's safety, but later retracted the statement.
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Suhaib Ilyasi was asked to submit his passport, not moved out of Delhi without permission, and not threaten the witness or tamper with evidence.
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Suhaib Ilyasi had complained that Rashmi had been trying to take away the child to Canada.
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Suhaib Ilyasi said that they had told him that they would charge him with threatening witnesses, if he did not give up custody.
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Suhaib Ilyasi had sought permission to go to Mumbai for work.
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Sharma told the court that even though Suhaib Ilyasi claimed to snatch the knife away from Anju, neither his nor Anju's fingerprints were found on the knife.
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Suhaib Ilyasi argued that the doctor cannot be relied upon because he was later transferred from the mortuary department after allegation of unprofessional work.
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Suhaib Ilyasi said that he had not taken dowry as it was a love marriage and he had paid for the expenses.
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Suhaib Ilyasi's counsel told them that the police had formed the new board without permission from the trial court, thus it was contempt of court.
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Suhaib Ilyasi was finally acquitted of all charges on 6 October 2015.
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On 20 December 2017, Suhaib Ilyasi was convicted of murdering his wife by a Delhi court, which sentenced him to life imprisonment.
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In 1991, Suhaib Ilyasi went to London to work as a cameraman for TV Asia.
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Suhaib Ilyasi started the TV show India's Most Wanted in March 1998 on Zee TV.
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The police later said that Suhaib Ilyasi took credit unduly and the police had worked for months on the case.
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Suhaib Ilyasi produced, directed and acted in another film, Kamyab Rasta called, co-starring Poonam Dariyanani.
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Suhaib Ilyasi then went to work with India TV, where he conducted several sting operations.
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In 2012, Yeh Zindagi Hai Gulshan, a TV serial produced by Suhaib Ilyasi, was broadcast by Doordarshan.