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Suhaib Ilyasi

Bio
Real Name Suhaib Ilyasi
ProfessionFormer TV Host, Producer, Director
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)in centimeters- 175 cm
in meters- 1.75 m
in feet inches- 5’ 9”
Weight (approx.)in kilograms- 75 kg
in pounds- 165 lbs
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Personal Life
Date of Birth15 November 1966
Age (as in 2018)52 Years
Birth PlaceNew Delhi, India
Zodiac sign/Sun signScorpio
NationalityIndian
HometownNew Delhi, India
SchoolNot Known
CollegeJamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Educational QualificationMA Mass Communication (MCRC)
DebutTV: India's Most Wanted (1999)
Direction & Production: 498A: The Wedding Gift (2012)
FamilyFather- Jameel Ilyasi (Former head of All India Imams Organisation)
Mother- Not Known
Brother- Not Known
Sister- Not Known
ReligionIslam
ControversiesOn 11 January 2000, he stabbed his first wife Anju Ilyasi to death. The Delhi police arrested him on 28 March 2000, for dowry death, after Anju's sister Rashmi Singh lodged an FIR against him.
Suhaib Ilyasi arrest
After 17-years, on 20 December 2017, he was sentenced to jail for life for murdering his wife. On 5 October 2018, he was acquitted on charges of murdering his wife.
Relationships & More
Favourite Book(s)Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads [1]The Hindu
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital StatusMarried
Affairs/GirlfriendsLate Anju Ilyasi
Sahebzadi Sumaya Khan
Wife/SpouseLate Anju Ilyasi aka Afsan (m. 1993–till her death in 2000)
Suhaib Ilyasi with his wife Late Anju
Sahebzadi Sumaya Khan (m. 2006-present)
ChildrenSon- None
Daughter- Aaliya (born in 1995)
Suhaib Ilyasi with his daughter Aaliya

Suhaib Ilyasi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Suhaib Ilyasi

  • Suhaib was born into a conservative Muslim family, as his father was the head of All India Imams Organisation and the imam of a mosque in Delhi.
  • In November 1989, he met his first wife Anju Singh at Jamia Millia Islamia, where both were doing the same course.
  • Being an inter-religion marriage, both families were against it, however, they got married in London in 1993 under the Special Marriage Act.
  • The couple always had marriage issues, and when they came back to India from London, Anju refused to live with him, and instead,  returned to London to stay with her brother who somehow convinced her to stay in the marriage.
  • When he was in London, he saw the British show, Crimestoppers, and came up with an idea of making a crime based show.
  • In 1997, he formed a proprietorship company called ‘Aaliya Productions Pvt Ltd.’
  • He rose to fame for hosting the popular crime show ‘India’s Most Wanted’ (1999).

  • In 2009, he became the editor-in-chief of ‘Bureaucracy Today’ magazine, a monthly English print magazine.

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