Who is Yusuf Ibrahim the security in chief for Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's wedding

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: April 13, 2022 03:40 PM2022-04-13T15:40:10+5:302022-04-13T15:40:10+5:30

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Bollywood's power couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are all set to tie the knot amidst high security blanket of 200 bouncers and police officers. However, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor trusts Yusuf Ibrahim as her security-in-charge.

Owner of 911 Protection, Yusuf is based out of Mumbai and has been spotted with the actress on many occasions. He is seen by her side especially for Alia’s international travels. Yusuf is also the security consultant to various Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Siddarth Malhotra, Sunny Leone, among others.

Yusuf is one of the popular names when it comes to security of B-town celebs, the other being Shera who is Salman Khan's bodyguard.

Yusuf and his squad was responsible for guarding the wedding of actor Varun Dhawan who married his girlfriend Natasha Dalal.

In an interview to Quint, Yusuf revealed how he got into the profession. He mentioned that many years ago, he saw Shah Rukh Khan and rushed to him as an enthusiastic fan. The actor’s security guard at the time, Yasseen pushed Yusuf away. “If you can’t go close to a star as a fan, but you can be very, very close to them as a bodyguard. So that’s how it started. I worked with Shah Rukh Khan for around three and a half years,” Yusuf was quoted as saying.

Yusuf is also the security in-charge of Sunny Leone and her family. He is family to her. In fact, on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, Sunny Leone and her daughter Nisha Kaur Weber had tied rakhi to Yusuf.

Yusuf is one of the highest paid bodyguards.

Yusuf is not very active on social media, although he does share some posts every now and then.