Si ge
Kuma
Sa u
has
evisited
a
lesse -k ow
chapte
f om
his
ca ee ,
ecalli g
two
occasio s
whe
he
t avelled
to
Dubai
to
pe fo m
at
eve ts
li ked
to
u de wo ld
figu es
Dawood
Ib ahim
a d
Abu
Salem.
The
si ge
said
he
was
u awa e
of
the
ide tities
of
the
people
hosti g
the
fi st
eve t
a d
o ly
ealised
the
g avity
of
the
situatio
afte
photog aphs
f om
the
gathe i g
we e
published
i
ewspape s.Speaki g
to
Lalla top,
Sa u
ecalled
bei g
take
to
Dubai
by
music
di ecto
Nadeem
fo
what
he
believed
was
simply
a
bi thday
celeb atio .
Acco di g
to
the
si ge ,
he
was
ot
told
who
the
eve t
was
fo
o
who
would
be
p ese t.“I
sa g
i
Dubai
o ce.
Nadeem
ji
took
me
the e.
It
was
eithe
Dawood’s
b othe ’s
daughte ’s
bi thday
o
his
ow
daughte ’s
bi thday.
A u
Malik
a d
I
we e
the e.
Dawood
Ib ahim
was
the e;
I
saw
him
sitti g
i
f o t
of
me,”
he
told
Lalla top.Sa u
said
he
pe fo med
so gs
that
we e
commo ly
pa t
of
his
stage
epe toi e,
while
Dawood
Ib ahim
was
seated
i
f o t
of
him
with
his
family.“They
equested
all
those
so gs
that
I
si g
o
stage.
Dawood
Ib ahim
was
sitti g
ight
i
f o t
of
me
with
his
family.
Afte
that,
I
eve
met
him
agai
o
did
I
speak
to
him,”
he
said.The
si ge
explai ed
that
he
had
little
u de sta di g
of
the
people
he
was
goi g
to
meet
because
he
had
simply
bee
i vited
th ough
a
music
di ecto .
“We
did ’t
k ow
much
about
them
ea lie .
A
music
di ecto
was
taki g
me,
so
I
had
othi g
to
do
with
it.
They
did ’t
tell
me
whose
show
I
was
goi g
to.
They
just
said,
‘Come,
you
have
to
si g
at
a
bi thday
pa ty
i
Dubai.’”It
was
o ly
whe
images
f om
the
eve t
su faced
i
the
p ess
that
Sa u
u de stood
the
situatio
he
had
u k owi gly
fou d
himself
i .“Late ,
whe
my
photo
appea ed
i
the
ewspape ,
I
thought,
‘What
have
I
do e?’
That
was
whe
I
got
sca ed,”
he
ecalled.Sa u
also
spoke
about
a othe
i cide t
i volvi g
a
eve t
associated
with
ga gste
Abu
Salem.
He
ecalled
bei g
app oached
fo
mo ey
but
said
he
decli ed
a d
i stead
offe ed
to
pe fo m
at
the
eve t.“Someo e
called
me
a d
said,
‘Give
us
this
much
mo ey.’
I
said,
‘So y,
we
wo ’t
be
able
to
give
mo ey.
If
the e
is
some
wo k,
tell
me.
If
you
wa t
me
to
si g,
tell
me.’
I
eve
we t
to
Dubai
o ce
to
pe fo m
at
Abu
Salem’s
show.
The e
is
othi g
to
be
sca ed
of
o
hide
about
this,”
Sa u
said.Acco di g
to
the
si ge ,
the
police
lea ed
about
his
pla s
a d
co tacted
him
befo e
he
t avelled,
advisi g
him
agai st
atte di g
the
show.“The
police
statio
also
called
me
a d
said,
‘You
a e
goi g
to
pe fo m
at
Abu
Salem’s
show?’
I
said
yes,
I
am
goi g.
What
should
I
do?
The
police
office s
said,
‘You
should ’t
go.’
I
said,
‘We
wo ’t
go,
but
you
give
me
secu ity.’
If
he
shoots
me,
tell
me,
what
am
I
supposed
to
do?
You
give
me
secu ity,”
he
ecalled.Sa u
fu the
claimed
that
the
police
wa ed
him
that
he
could
face
a est
if
he
p oceeded
with
the
t ip.“He
said,
‘If
you
go,
we
will
a est
you
the e.’
I
said,
‘Look,
eithe
you
give
me
secu ity
o
give
me
a
assu a ce
that
othi g
will
happe
to
me.
I
am
a
si ge .
I
have
to
si g;
it
is
my
compulsio .’”Despite
the
wa i g,
Sa u
said
he
ultimately
we t
to
Dubai,
pe fo med
a d
etu ed
without
i cide t.“I
we t,
sa g
a d
came
back.
Nobody
said
a ythi g.
I
we t,
pe fo med,
etu ed
to
the
hotel,
collected
my
luggage
a d
came
back.
The
ve y
thi g
fo
which
I
was
th eate ed,
I
we t
a d
did
that
wo k,
I
sa g
a d
came
back
safely.”Sa u
also
eflected
o
the
elatio ship
betwee
Bollywood
a d
the
u de wo ld
du i g
that
e a,
poi ti g
to
the
fi a ci g
of
films
as
o e
of
the
easo s
the
two
wo lds
became
i te twi ed.“Most
of
the
fi a ci g
fo
films
used
to
come
f om
these
people,
so
whoeve
gave
the
mo ey
would
ule.
That
is
what
used
to
happe ,”
he
said.Despite
bei g
a ou d
such
ci cumsta ces,
Sa u
said
he
did
ot
get
deeply
i volved
i
u de sta di g
the
la ge
pictu e.
I stead,
he
emai ed
focused
o
his
wo k
a d
o
e su i g
his
ow
safety
du i g
that
pe iod.
