Delhi Police has arrested the 35-year-old sharp-shooter of underworld don Abu Salem who was wanted in several cases of extortion from A-listed Bollywood celebrities as well as the attempt to murder his wife in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area.
Sleuths of the Special staff of the East district had laid a trap to arrest Jaan Usman alias Usmaan Khan alias Reenu from Sanjay Jheel Park area of Pandav Nagar while he came to meet one of his associates.
Wanted in several cases, Usman Khan, along with his associate, on last year June 3 had allegedly fired at his wife in Janakpuri area.
After firing, he escaped to his friend Chakre Milan in Nepal to evade arrest. Following which a case of attempt to murder, based on the statement of his wife, was registered against him.
Talking about the associate of Waseem, who killed Gulshan Kumar, “Usman Khan has also been involved in circulating fake currency, extorting ‘protection money’ from Bollywood celebrities such as Anil Thadani, husband of Raveena Tandon, several murder cases in Delhi and Mumbai,” said a senior police official of the East district.
Police sources said “apart from several murder cases, Usman Khan was wanted in cases under Arms Act registered at Kalyanpuri police station and a triple murder in Andhra Pradesh for which a police team from Vijaywada came down to Delhi to nab Usman. A few years ago, Usman had murdered a businessman in Vikaspuri area.”
Talking about the entry of Usman to the world of crime in the early 90s, a senior police officer who had arrested Usman Khan in 2015 shared, “Usman entered the world of crime after he came to Mumbai in 1996 where he came in touch with Waseem, sharp shooter of Abu Salem. Khan disclosed that Waseem was also an accused in the killing of Gulshan Kumar, film producer and owner of Super Cassettes Industries Pvt ltd, and it was Waseem who introduced Usman to Salem.”
“After joining Abu Salem’s gang, Usman Khan also joined into the illegal activities of circulating fake currency notes from Dubai to Karachi. He along with one of gang members, Aftab Bhatki, circulated fake currency notes in India through Nepal and Bangladesh routes, but he was later arrested in 2000,” the senior police official.
Usman Khan, after being released from a Mumbai jail, was again arrested for making extortion bid on film distributor Anil Thandani, husband of Bollywood actress Raveena Tondan. He also revealed that he had fired upon Punjabi singer Daler Mehandi and film producer Rakesh Roshan on the direction of Abu Salem for extorting protection money,” said the official.
For not attending courts hearing, Usman Khan was declared a proclaimed offender by the concerned courts and in 2015, Usman Khan was arrested by a team of the Crime Branch.
“Khan said that he, along with his associates, went to Mumbai in 2016 and had threatened a famous director, choreographer and his brother-in-law over a dispute on a movie released in 2015. He also contacted underworld don Chhota Rajan to eliminate him, but due to high security, they could not execute their plan,” added the senior police official.