Archive · 13 Dec 2025
IPS Officer Reveals Chilling Warning Before Gulshan Kumar's Assassination
Gulshan Kumar, the founder of T-Series, was killed in 1997 in Mumbai.
A police officer named Rakesh Maria got a scary phone call in 1996 warning that Gulshan Kumar would be killed.
The caller said a man named Abu Salem was planning to shoot him outside a temple he often visited.
Sadly, the warning came true, and Gulshan Kumar was shot 16 times.
Later, a man named Dawood Merchant was found guilty of the murder.
Gulshan Kumar, founder of T-Series, was assassinated in August 1997 in Mumbai.
He was shot 16 times outside the Jiteshwar Mahadev Mandir, a temple he frequently visited.
IPS officer Rakesh Maria received a warning in April 1996 about the planned assassination.
The anonymous caller mentioned that Abu Salem was behind the plot to kill Kumar.
Dawood Merchant was convicted for Gulshan Kumar's murder in 2002.
- Who
- Gulshan Kumar, T-Series founder, and Rakesh Maria, IPS officer
- What
- Assassination of Gulshan Kumar and a warning received by Rakesh Maria
- When
- Assassination in August 1997, warning in April 1996
- Where
- Mumbai, outside Jiteshwar Mahadev Mandir
- Why
- Gulshan Kumar was targeted by the underworld, specifically Abu Salem
- Victim
- Gulshan Kumar
- Date of Assassination
- August 1997
- Location of Assassination
- Outside Jiteshwar Mahadev Mandir, Mumbai
- Number of Gunshots
- 16
- Convicted Murderer
- Dawood Merchant
- Warning Received
- April 1996
- Warning Source
- Anonymous Call
- Warning Details
- Abu Salem planned the assassination outside Shiv Mandir