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She had neither won crowns at beauty pageants, nor was she a contender for top billing in films. Sheela Raval is among the first female journalists in India to investigate on crime and the underworld. It was during her third visit to Dubai that he revealed his true identity. All rights reserved. As with most gangsters, he also had a Bollywood connection, having been in a relationship with Monica Bedi. Abu Salem was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court after being convicted for involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blast which killed 257 people. I thought it is the most logical thing to do after a long two decades of covering underworld. With a full time job as an investigative editor, finding time to write was a biggest challenge. Salem had previously been married to Samira Jumani with whom he has two kids. It tells the stories of how mumbai’ petty outlaws and smugglers went on to become global mobsters, narco kingpins and even the global terrorist with the help of their mysterious benefactors. For aspiring writers all I want to say is that ” your intent matters, and if it is right then you can never go wrong.”. It was after when Abu Salem and Monica Bedi were arrested in Portugal for forging entry into the country with fake passports, their relationship started dwindling. It is about my face to face interactions with India’s nine most wanted criminals. Abu Salem, was previously married to Samira Jumani, who was 17-year-old at the time of their nuptial. In a career spanning three decades, Raval broke the news of Chhota Rajan surviving a brutal assassination attempt in Bangkok in 2000, attended Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter’s wedding in Dubai and is the only person to have interviewed Samira Jumani, noted gangster Abu Salem’s first wife, after Salem’s arrest and extradition. Currently, Samira  lives in Duluth, Georgia, US. He said that he wanted to change and he was in love with her. Diligence and updating legal case status were the most time consuming parts of my research. She work has also been published in various regional language publications such as Gujarat Samachar, Chitralekha, Abhiyaan, Bhaskar, Amar Ujala, Mahanagar and Maharashtra Times. Monica met Gangster Abu Salem in a Bollywood party in Dubai, and after that they came close. Interesting stories about famous people, biographies, humorous stories, photos and videos. It is a chilling and revelatory chronicle of men who have lived outside the boundaries of the law for most of their lives. Godfathers of Crime is her first book. 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He introduced himself as Arsalan Ali to her. Jules Gabriel Verne was my favourite author. She left everything in India and went to him to spend the rest of his life with the underworld kingpin. Apart from that Salem has been slapped with a fine of Rs. In an interview to Indian Express, Monica clarified that she was not married to Abu Salem it was just a love. Raval has been quoted as a security expert on India on CNN TV, ABC TV, BBC radio, SKY, Star Asia and Australian broadcast networks. He has been romantically linked to actor Monica Bedi too in the past. The relation ended on July 4, 2007, after she served the sentence with Salem in many countries and prisons. “While there are no cases pending in Maharashtra, three cases of extortion in Delhi and a case of fake passport in Lucknow are pending against Salem. It wasn’t a time-pass kind of relationship between them. Monica Bedi also expressed that he was very possessive about her and really respected her a lot. Salem was married to Samira Jumani, a 17-year-old college girl in 1991. After completing her studies, she came to Mumbai to learn Dance. But there was something irresistible about her. I found the st... Nikhil Narkhede: Thanks to you for your valuable time and answering our questions. Apart from crime and the underworld, Sheela Raval has also written on Bollywood, Indian Godmen, politics and corporate world. Something he had not seen in the “plastic” divas of the film world. ', Abu Salem-Monica Bedi love story: How the Bollywood actress fell for the underworld kingpin. He also has a son with Samira, who currently lives in Duluth, Georgia, United States. Samira currently lives in Duluth, Georgia, United States. Revealed: The women behind underworld dons! 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