Meghna Gulzar to direct film on top cop Rakesh Maria

Updated:7 years, 3 months ago

New Delhi, Aug 06 (ANI): Bollywood director Meghna Gulzar and Reliance Entertainment’s Phantom Films are all set to produce a series on the life of the highly regarded top cop, and former Commissioner of Mumbai Police, Rakesh Maria. The series will be based on his experiences and various case files of his accomplished career. As Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) in 1993, he cracked the Bombay serial blasts case, and later moved to DCP (Crime) and then Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), of the Mumbai Police. Maria also solved the 2003 Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar twin blasts case. He was also the in-charge of investigating the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008 and interrogated Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist captured alive, and successfully investigated the case.