What punishment did the person who Anurag Basu was rumored to base his movie Gangster on receive?
Gangster (2006 film):  The film was rumoured to be based on the life of mobster Abu Salem and former actress Monica Bedi, but the director Anurag Basu said that it is not based upon any real characters or incidents. Abu Salem: Abu Salem ( ; born Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari; also known as Aqil Ahmed Azmi, 'and Abu Samaan, a gangster and terrorist convicted to the 25 years life sentence, is originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh state of India.
25 years life sentence