Former Host of ‘India’s Most Wanted’ Convicted of Murdering His Wife<br />It was not until 2014 that the Delhi High Court accepted a petition by Mrs. Ilyasi’s family to reopen the case and charge Mr. Ilyasi with murder.<br />Mrs. Ilyasi’s family initially sought charges in 2000 against Mr. Ilyasi, the son of a prominent Muslim cleric, claiming<br />that he had driven his wife to kill herself after demanding more money as part of a wedding dowry.<br />Mrs. Ilyasi’s family has long believed her husband was responsible for her death and has pursued him through the courts and in the news media.<br />a color of suicide," the judge said, according to local news reports. that committed her murder and gave it<br />Suspicions about the host, Suhaib Ilyasi, first gripped Indian headlines in January 2000, when his<br />wife, Anju Ilyasi, 30, was found dead from multiple stab wounds in the couple’s East Delhi home.<br />"I am satisfied with the court order." "India’s Most Wanted," in which Mr. Ilyasi reported on<br />the country’s at-large criminals, first aired on Zee TV in 1998 and quickly became popular.
