# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abu-salem
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:19:06.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abu-salem"
name: "Abu Salem"
slug: "abu-salem"
description: "Abu Salem, also known as Aqil Ahmed Azmi and Abu Samaan, is an Indian criminal gangster and terrorist from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, Central India. Abu Salem worked in the D-Company as a driver transporting artillery and contraband. Later he rose among the ranks after he introduced a new strategy of hiring unemployed youths from his hometown Azamgarh to come to Mumbai, execute shoot-outs and return the next day remaining untraced by the Mumbai police. He is currently serving a life sentence in India."
tagline: "Indian terrorist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1968"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.93
  momentum:             5.922065270336094
  historical:           6.521717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "ابو سالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "أبو سالم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "আবু সালেম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Salem"
    title: "Abu Salem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE"
    title: "अबु सालेम"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98"
    title: "აბუ სალემი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%2C_%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83"
    title: "Салем, Абу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3630352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump