Sheela Raval

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About Sheela Raval

An investigative journalist with nearly three decades of experience in print and television media. Specialized in reporting on the underworld and terrorism. She is also a political commentator and business analyst, and have appeared on several international news networks such as CNN, ABC News, Sky News, Star Asia and BBC Radio. Apart from crime, politics and business, she continues to report on several areas such as environment, cricket, cinema, sexuality, spirituality, women's emancipation, lifestyle, entertainment and adventure sports. Godfathers of Crime: Face-to-face with India’s Most Wanted” is her debut book chronicling her encounters with India’s most wanted criminals, Dawood Ibrahim, Chhota Rajan, Chhota Shakeel, Abu Salem, Iqbal Mirchi, Santosh Shetty, Ashwin Naik and Arun Gawli. She is an authority on the Indian mafia-terror networks and related security issues impacting the sub-continent with extensive Indian-Asian connections. Often given insider access where other journalists are neither welcomed nor allowed. hey analytical report validates a story’s importance. She manages to achieve a fine balance in every stories she touches upon. Apart from interviewing some of the India’s Prime Ministers such as Rajiv Gandhi, Chandra Shekhar, A B Vajpayee and Narendra Modi, she has had interviewed former US President Bill Clinton and late Nelson Mandela.