Mumbai police know about Gulshan Kumar's murder: Former Commissioner Rakesh Maria

Mumbai, February 20, 2020 Thursday

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria, who has made several claims about Mumbai terror attacks and Kasab through his book "Let Me Say It Now", has claimed of singer Gulshan Kumar that Rakesh Maria, who was a Mumbai police commissioner, is the famous singer and owner of T-Shoes. After the murder of Kumar said that the Mumbai police knew about the conspiracy, but they could not be saved. Apart from Chief Minister.

Rakesh Maria's book states that he had already received information about Abu Salem's conspiracy to kill Gulshan Kumar, claiming that he knew about Gulshan Kumar's murder conspiracy, when he asked who had the hand behind Abu Salem.

However, Maria was in the position of Director General when he received a news call on February 22, 1997 and informed of Gulshan Kumar's murder, when Maria asked him who was behind him, Khabari answered Abu Salem.

Khabar also reported that the gangster Salem, along with his shooters, had planned to kill Gulshan Kumar while going to the Shiva Temple, as Gulshan Kumar goes to the Shiva temple on a daily basis.

In the morning, Maria called the film director Mahesh Bhatt and confirmed to Kumar that he was going to the Shiva temple on that day, Bhatt told Gulshan Kumar about the conspiracy, Maria told Bhatt that he would inform the crime branch and where Kumar did not find any security. He did not get out of the house, thereafter the Crime Branch increased Kumar's security.

Gulshan Kumar was assassinated while coming from the Shiva Temple on August 12, 1997, Maria learned that the Mumbai police had removed his security after being given security by the Uttar Pradesh police at a cassette factory in Noida.