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December 14th, 2000, 11:05 AM
Bad guy funds Salman's Chori Chori Chupke Chupke; producer goes to jail - PTI - Mumbai, December 14
THE CITY police on Wednesday swooped down on Nazim Hassan Rizvi, producer of the forthcoming Hindi film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, in an effort to unravel the nexus between Bollywood and the underworld.
Rizvi was arrested from his office in suburban Andheri by the crime branch sleuths, police said, alleging that the producer had close links with Chhota Shakeel, who leads a faction of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
He has been charged under sections of IPC relating to abetment of a crime, murder, extortion and conspiracy. The producer has also been charged under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOC) Act relating to organised crimes and for possessing unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate.
The police have charged Rizvi with entering into a criminal conspiracy with Shakeel and planning attacks on a few film personalities.
The police said Rizvi had been using Shakeel to pressurise Bollywood personalities into signing for his films and securing dates from them. He also arranged the release of films produced by others to suit the timing of his own films' release, so as to derive high profits.
The police claimed that the interrogation of Rizvi would help in unearthing the connection of other film personalities with the underworld.
More at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/141200/dtlsta05.asp
THE CITY police on Wednesday swooped down on Nazim Hassan Rizvi, producer of the forthcoming Hindi film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, in an effort to unravel the nexus between Bollywood and the underworld.
Rizvi was arrested from his office in suburban Andheri by the crime branch sleuths, police said, alleging that the producer had close links with Chhota Shakeel, who leads a faction of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's gang.
He has been charged under sections of IPC relating to abetment of a crime, murder, extortion and conspiracy. The producer has also been charged under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime (MCOC) Act relating to organised crimes and for possessing unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate.
The police have charged Rizvi with entering into a criminal conspiracy with Shakeel and planning attacks on a few film personalities.
The police said Rizvi had been using Shakeel to pressurise Bollywood personalities into signing for his films and securing dates from them. He also arranged the release of films produced by others to suit the timing of his own films' release, so as to derive high profits.
The police claimed that the interrogation of Rizvi would help in unearthing the connection of other film personalities with the underworld.
More at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/141200/dtlsta05.asp