''India's Most Wanted'' (IMW) was a crime busting fugitive hunter television show initially on

Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...

and later on DD1, India's national broadcaster

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. The show was made famous by its Anchor-Director and Producer, Suhaib Ilyasi with his unique presentation style and criminals actually being caught with the help of television. The show is considered to be the first and the biggest crime show on television in India. This program has shown live telecasts and helped police with 135 fugitives. Ilyasi later launched the show with

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in 2005. The show did not do well as it did originally on Zee TV and DD1. Media watchers blame Ilyasi for choosing a new TV channel (India TV) to relaunch the show.

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{{Zee TV Programmes Zee TV original programming Indian crime television series 1999 Indian television series debuts 1999 Indian television series endings America's Most Wanted