Updated On: 09 January, 2026 03:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Abdul Rauf, underworld don Abu Salem`s henchman, who shot T-series` Gulshan Kumar dead in 1997, has died while serving a life sentence in Harsool Central Jail. Rauf was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2002

Abdul Rauf and Gulshan Kumar
Abdul Rauf alias Dawood Merchant, a henchman of underworld don Abu Salem who shot T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar, has died in Harsool Central Jail on Thursday. Abdul was serving a life sentence at the prison located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in connection with Kumar’s murder.
Abdul Rauf reportedly died of a heart attack in prison. He was 60-years-old at the time of his death. Notably, Rauf’s health had been deteriorating over the past few days.