Twenty years ago, when Suhaib Ilyasi took the reins of popular reality crime show, India's Most Wanted on Zee TV, he did something unimaginable - he made criminals and their horrifying crimes a part of drawing room conversations, engaging both the young and old. Earlier this week, when the former producer and TV host, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court for the murder of his wife Anju - found dead in her home in 2000 - the irony of how he went from becoming a self-proclaimed crusader against crimes to a criminal, was not misplaced.

Suhaib Ilyasi being escorted by police at a court in New Delhi on Wednesday. Pic/PTI