When a TV reporter sneaked into Dawood’s nephew’s wedding

Also listen: True-crime drama: When Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar got a ransom callAlso listen: How murder of Dawood Ibrahim's relative changed Mumbai underworldHaseena Parkar, the sister of mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim, ran a ruthless crime syndicate. Known as Aapa, a term used for elder sisters, she spread terror in Mumbai. This crime drama series unravels different episodes from her violent and turbulent career. This special episode is a dramatized retelling of the occasion when the mafia queen unleashed a bunch of hoodlums on a Mumbai television journalist. How do we know this? Because this gripping story was narrated to our reporter by the journalist himself.On December 18, 2004, Haseena’s son, Danish, was getting married. After Dawood had bolted from Mumbai in 1984, this was the first time that the family had organized such a big wedding reception. The media was desperate to report on the reception. But Haseena had not invited anyone from the media. One TV journalist and his cameraman risked their lives to find out how many punters and shooters from the underworld were attending the reception. They also wanted to know which Bollywood stars and directors were coming for the event. Those days many well-known Bollywood stars would attend parties hosted by Dawood in Dubai.How did the journalist get in? And what ordeal followed for him? Translated by: Avijit GhoshVoices: Surjan Singh, Sanyam Sharma, Pallavi BhartiAudio production: Sahil Gupta