The accused who entered the house of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and attacked him with a knife has been identified as the national wrestler of Bangladesh. His name is Mohammad Shariful Islam Shahzad. Mohammad Shariful has participated in national level wrestling. However, Mohammad Shariful is not the only person who turned from wrestler to criminal. Even before that, many other wrestlers from across the country and the world chose the path of crime. So let's take a look at some other wrestlers who later became criminals.

The one who defeated WWE Champion becomes the leader of the gang

A wrestler named Ion Williams was born in Canada. William participated in Border City Wrestling Heavyweight Championship, International Championship, American Wrestling Association Championship etc. He also participated in WWE and gained a lot of popularity by defeating two-time champion Randy Savage. But meanwhile William was also involved in criminal activities. After doing things like extortion, drugs, assault, he moved towards the underworld. In the year 2008, he became friends with gangster Clay and then he joined the United Nations Gang of Vancouver. Cases of attempt to murder were also registered against William. Later he had to go behind bars. But now he is not in this world. He died in 2017 due to lung disease.

The man who won two Olympic medals is in jail on murder charges

Indian wrestler Sushil Kumar was accused of murder. Sushil won the bronze medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics. Sushil was later charged with the murder of junior national wrestler Sagar Dhankhar. Police had arrested Sushil in this case. He is serving his sentence in Tihar Jail, Delhi. Sushil was linked to Delhi's notorious gangster Neeraj Bavania, on whom Delhi Police had once placed a reward of Rs 5 lakh.

American wrestler accused of murdering his girlfriend

James Reiher Snuka, also known as Jimmy Snuka, was an American professional wrestler. He was accused of murdering his girlfriend Nancy Argentino in 1983. In 2015, Jimmy was arrested by the police in this case. Jimmy died in 2017 at the age of 73.

The criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh had won the Junior National Wrestling Championship.

In November 2021, Delhi Police had arrested Gaurav Tyagi, a criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh. Gaurav won the bronze medal in the Junior National Wrestling Championship 2007. But later, his path in wrestling became difficult after a bone in his leg was broken in a road accident. In such a situation, he entered the world of crime. Gaurav Sweekar joined the Luthra gang and started doing business of fake currency. Later, he established a relationship with his school friend and gangster Parvesh Khera.

WWE wrestler gets punishment in robbery case

Booker T has been a famous wrestler of WWE. Booker T also has a criminal record. Booker T's name has been involved in robberies. He was arrested for this crime in the year 1987. After this he spent 19 months in jail.