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    Ice cream seller 'targeted' claim
    Shavarz Hussain with his wrecked van
    Shavarz Hussain with his wrecked van

    An ice cream seller today claimed that an attack that destroyed his van was carried out by someone wanting to put him out of business.

    Shavarz Hussain, who started his independent business last year, said he had received death threats two days before his £20,000 vehicle was burned out in the garage of his Bradford home.

    Mr Hussain, 30, and his wife Parveen Nabi, 29, awoke when they heard an explosion. They saw the fire in the detached double garage was raging and threatening to spread to their house in Highfield Crescent, Heaton.

    They quickly got their two children Aminah, aged four, and 14-month-old Haleema Sadia out of the house and moved their two cars parked in front of the garage.

    Firefighters from Fairweather Green and Shipley stations spent about three hours putting out the blaze early yesterday.

    It destroyed the van and garage, and the fierce heat shattered some windows of the couple's home.

    A devastated Mrs Nabi said: "We were in bed, including my two little girls, when I heard a blast and I just thought, Oh my God, what's happened'.

    "We quickly made sure the girls were okay and moved the cars. The fire spread so quickly."

    The couple said they were in no doubt the blaze was deliberately started. Mrs Nabi said her husband had been assaulted last Friday while he was selling ice cream from his van and warned that Sunday will be your last day'.

    Mr Hussain said he was also assaulted soon after he started his business last year. He thinks someone is trying to shut him down.

    But the couple vowed they will not be intimidated and have said they will restart their business again once they replace the van.

    Mrs Nabi said: "This was just an evil thing to do, we could have been killed in that fire, us and our two little daughters.

    "My four-year-old daughter was asking if her toys were okay, especially her teddy. We have kept her off school because we want to talk to her, God knows what effect this is going to have on her.

    "These people don't realise what effect their actions have on people. But, there is no way we are going to stop, this is our livelihood and it is a good business.

    "My husband is a lovely man and is great with the children and chatting to people. We are going to show people that they can't get away with it."

    Yesterday, shocked residents said the cul-de-sac was usually quiet and that neighbours looked out for one another.

    One resident, who did not want to be named, said a car had been spotted being driven slowly near the scene of the blaze shortly before it broke out.

    Fairweather Green fire station watch manager Peter Lau said it had been an intense fire and he confirmed it was being treated as suspicious.

    He said: "The garage was extremely badly damaged, as was the van, and police are investigating the cause."

    Police in the Bradford North division were due to speak to Mr Hussain about the alleged arson attack last night.

    Anyone with information about the blaze should contact Bradford North helpdesk on (01274) 376259.

    6:43am Tuesday 17th April 2007

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    Posted by: mohammed, Bradford on 1:22pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    This is pure evil.The perperators of this crime should die in shame.A person who earns an honest livelihood for himself and family is doing nothing wrong. I hope Mr Hussain reports these scumbags to the police.
    Posted by: Bill, Bradford on 5:19pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    Can i still buy ice creams from you they were great the man reaponsible is a nobhead and hope he gets caught
    Posted by: kahn, bradford on 7:34pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    this is very sad

    but as i see it the area of heaton is already "taken" there are some very reputable people who have been supplying the area for many, many years, right back to the late 80's. they will not at any cost let anyone else in this area. thhese groups have previousley broken peoples legs, run over other people,and burned their vans before. and they are quite powerful, well connected and heavily financed. this area is theirs, and i personally would find another place to work - otherwise i would pay the price.

    i know its not right - its a free country. i mean otherwise why not burn all restraurants down to control the whole market and make lots off money
    - its just not how the world works - but it is what happens.

    you must remember that many people use icecreams as a front for other businesses becuase they can bring in other money into the equation - dirty money be it drugs, vat or whateva - so really this man does not want to be treadin on toes - or he will burn his fingers - sorry bad joke lol

    why not try other areas.

    these are mean asain guys - be wary


    Posted by: Simon, Bradford on 7:48pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    Insurance Job.
    Posted by: Mufeed, Bradford on 8:47pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    I liked you ice creams a lot and I hope you can sell them again after the unfortunate disaster. I hope the criminal is caught
    Posted by: shaz on 9:04pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    i hope the police get who did this, its not fair for Mr Hussain hes working so hard to earn a honest living and there people out there that do thingz like this.
    Posted by: Tanny, bradford on 9:12pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    well here we are again , the same thing happened to my brother in law- we were kind hearted hardworking people who wanted to make living, but these idiot mindless heartless people of asian origin(you know you are asian and make us all sick ) no doubth just want to be selfish and have it all - and now we have another victim. You make me sick -
    kahn u are right I once saw ice cream seller selling wraps in the cones - brilliant way to sell drugs just pop it into an ice cream cone! yes we fell to these idiots, one of which is still around today and maybe he is paying a price for his other activites now
    please like with other sellers avoid asian sellers of ice cream- who knows they may want more money for the ice cream cone than u prepared to pay!!

    Simon - insurance job - who u trying to kid -insurance is a right con! - even when its not your fault you cant get ur car fixed as they say "you have a duty to keep costs low" who the **** do they think they are telling me to keep costs low - mad so hes lost bet his insurance company wont even pay for the entire van - we lost out as the insurance company decided not to pay for the fixtures and fittings in the van and pay for the shell only! what a laugh!
    Posted by: Action Jackson on 9:17pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    Simon is right! This is just an insurance scam. A nasty arson attack was comited at his home and he says he is more bothered about getting back to business than taking care of his childrens safety. Yes if I was the police I would be treating him more of a suspect than a victim.
    Posted by: eddy on 9:55pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    Action Jackson wrote:
    Simon is right! This is just an insurance scam. A nasty arson attack was comited at his home and he says he is more bothered about getting back to business than taking care of his childrens safety. Yes if I was the police I would be treating him more of a suspect than a victim.
    exactly...moved cars away from fire,its a garage,why wernt the cars in the garage? B.......t!
    Posted by: Simon, Bradford on 10:11pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    The cars weren't in the garage cos they werent insured.
    Posted by: Dave, Bradford on 11:04pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    Simon, Eddy do you think that all asian people have no insurance in Bradford. They is good and bad in every race. Why jump to this conclusion. Do you have insurance? !!!
    Posted by: anne, bradford on 11:54pm Tue 17 Apr 07
    all these comments and who knows the truth none of you?this could be genuine so why say hes done it. Shavarz i realy do hope who ever as done this is caught.
    Posted by: Tanny, bradford on 8:13am Wed 18 Apr 07
    I was hit by a car driven by a white bloke, very nice man we exchanged details, he offered to fix my car but as it was a company one I said that would be out of the question - and out of it all he had no insurance!! so you tell me now ? leave this one out please as Dave says good and bad in every race and its the bad that makes the headlines
    I hope he gets back on his feet
    Posted by: Simon, Bradford on 8:20am Wed 18 Apr 07
    Dave, you were the one who brought race into it. No one has mentioned that until you have! Shame on you.
    Posted by: kahn, bradford on 2:50pm Wed 18 Apr 07
    hes on about rainbow icecreams u spastic. oh and they changed their name to mr kulfi icecreamand the boss is currentky doing 3 years for £250,000 theft/laundering. see this link: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/newsindex/display.var.1220505.0.woman_90_cheated_out_of_250_000.php
    Posted by: anne, bradford on 11:10pm Wed 18 Apr 07
    i are a white person and i think all you lot who are putting all these bad things about this poor man should not be aloud to answer on here.
    Posted by: Tanny, bradford on 8:17am Fri 20 Apr 07
    seems a post from me has been removed ??
    I wish the family well and hope they get back on their feet. we may soome have to have intrusion alarms fitted to prevent attacks of this nature
    Posted by: mrwhippy, bradford on 12:01am Tue 24 Apr 07
    i agree with kahn.this guy started only 12 months ago.so who toes did he step on coz theres no way this guy bought a van with a round.wouldnt wish it on anyone but hes obviously upset someone whos been selling for years in the area where he decided to start selling from also
    Posted by: ghanto, bradford on 5:56pm Mon 1 Oct 07
    have you been thtratened by tubzees of bradford same here
    Posted by: NATALIA, london on 11:47pm Tue 25 Dec 07
    well mr kahn, coincidental, that your name is kahn, realted to khurshid khan, your brother, who owns mr kulfi and is doing the 3year stretch, your comments about what they do, seems to be your actually warning him, what your family is capable of?!!duh!!you could of at least changed your name.... shame to think that asians do this, i thought you would be clever than that!! kahn, 1 of the sucessful business mens in bradford selling cars kahn project, how many people have the name kahn, who r related to mr kulfi? work it out people!!
    Posted by: KAHN, BRADFORD on 2:41pm Sat 29 Dec 07
    Listen natalia - we are best friends with Premier Accident Management - we own our sector, they own the insurance sector for GB.

    You sound like the dum fcuk who worked in the abbey national bank connected to kurshz case, and then blurted everything out over msn to her friends - yes, sum stupid little blonde who is now unemployed for getin involved with big boys.

    So stop posting **** - this dude got his van burned......dont forget - leave this game to the big boys!

    and kursh is already out on tag - great judicial system in this country - 3 years = 9 months in an open security jail - man he could have walked out - the rest on tag - now thats a result

    www.projectkahn.com
    Posted by: jamy, BRADFORD on 2:49pm Sat 29 Dec 07
    and dont call kahn stupid either natalie

    He runz the kahn group - a 50 million empire yeh built up in 10 years.

    what do you do apart from chat ballz on the internet on christmas day... at night...11:47pm Tue 25 Dec 07 you put that post up

    you really are pathetic - come down to our yard on canal road,

    u can suck our cox and we'll sort u out wiv sum kahn RSC2'z to put on ya nissan micra - hahahaha u sad mofo -

    We are the Big Boys
    Posted by: natalia, bradford on 6:54pm Sat 29 Dec 07
    hhahaa, quite silly comments made by the kahn boys, whish bro are you whose related to khurshid?sticking up for your bro, your all bent, and you think your bad boys, quite childsih. showing off aboout yor empire?!!who gives a flying f**k!at the end of the day you have to go in your grave and i in mine, and lets see what your answers are then, but ppl like you dont give a **** do you!!do you really think i give a **** abot what u said. big boys what a joke. and besides im not dum enough to get involved in a life of crime, your reputation preceds you mr kahn, life a crime does not pay in this life let alone the afterlife! what goes around will def inshallah come around. does it make you big by someone elses business, so daddy can carry on his mr kulfi business. see you on qayamat!ididots
    Posted by: snowy, BRADFORD on 7:31pm Sat 29 Dec 07

    Bottom line

    Your jealous.

    Bottom Line

    We are untouchable.

    Bottom line - sick our cox you gangeree natalie

    hahahahaha

    we laugh all the way to the bank

    ha ha ha--------------
    Posted by: MUSCLE, BRADFORD on 7:35pm Sat 29 Dec 07
    STANDARD HATERS - SHES PROBLY CONNECTED TO HIM HU GET BURNED OUT -

    SCREW EM - AINT GOT A LEFT TATTA TO STAND ON THE PUDDZ
    Posted by: jamy, BRADFORD on 7:41pm Sat 29 Dec 07
    Natalie chattz it - how does it not pay

    us boys drive cars worth excess of 90 thousand pounds

    man we got a porshe at more than a quarter of a million pounds, 65 range rovers each worth over 60k each, bentleys ferraris, slrz, property from here to dubai, were based in america, italy, china, all over the world

    hu r u huh? u drive an icecream van - well u did after it was burned out

    whi are you?

    and who are we?

    think about b4 u talk to us big boys

    we are untouchables
    Posted by: natalia, bradford on 10:32pm Tue 29 Jan 08
    hey afzal you found anyone on www.sugardaddie.com!

    ! hahah doe sthe mrs know? mayb i should tell her?? what do u think!!loser!!
    Posted by: kahn, BRADFORD on 1:14pm Tue 5 Feb 08
    You can put my F1 plate on that van if you like lol - but only if you got a quarter of a mill

    www.youtube.com/watc
    h?v=OvDAssDJ958
    Posted by: shav, Bradford on 10:25pm Sun 10 Feb 08
    hey natalia why do you even waste your time writing about this F1(**** idiot !!).. his wife is not stupid im sure she is well aware of all the sh1t he gets up to !! Well every1 in yorkshire does. As he said " these are mean asain guys.. be wary"

    Posted by: KAHN, BRADFORD on 5:27pm Fri 29 Feb 08
    shav is right - and these mean asain guys like to come out when its nice and sunny!

    http://www.dailymail
    .co.uk/pages/live/ar
    ticles/news/news.htm
    l?in_article_id=5103
    89&in_page_id=1770
    Posted by: simon, bradford on 9:46pm Tue 4 Mar 08
    Afzal.. is your wife on sugardaddie ? like to check her out !!

    anyone after a married sugardaddie whos full of **** !! go to

    www.sugardaddie.com

    his nick is Desnigner
    Posted by: tannyK, bradford on 1:39pm Fri 14 Mar 08
    I know the old Rainbow boys - they burnt one of my brother in laws vans yes you know who you are
    u made ur millions leave us alone to make ours
    Kahn in deed its should be KHAN
    Posted by: KAHN, BRADFORD on 5:37pm Fri 14 Mar 08
    Im not going to post again

    im too rich and too busy making money to keep an eye on this site, but....

    Dont sell icecream in bradford

    if you do - then dont complain about the consequences (burnt vans, houses, cars, assualts, broken legs etc

    GOODY8Y3

    WWW.PROJECTKAHN.COM
    Posted by: anonymous, right here on 7:39pm Fri 18 Apr 08
    http://www.yorkshire
    eveningpost.co.uk/ne
    ws/It39s-payback-tim
    e-for-2m.3225752.jp
    Posted by: NAZ, bradford on 1:16pm Thu 28 Aug 08
    AFZAL KAHN IS A TOP MAN
    HE HAS WORKED VERY HARD
    I RESPECT PEOPLE LIKE THAT SO HIS BROTHER KURSH BOTH ARE ONE OF A KIND IN BRADFORD WHAT THEY DO ITS UP TO THEM WE AS PEOPLE HAVE NO CONCERN PROJECT KAHN TEAM EVEN SNOWEY TOP MAN REGARDS ICE CREAM AND FALOODAH PEOPLE WHO CANT SEE THERE SUCCESS NEED TO GO BACK HOME TO THERE VILLIGE AND PRODUCE CLEAN WATER AND ELECTRIC KAHN HAS EVERY FACILITY IN HIS VILLIAGE YOU NAME IT HE HAS IT EVEN HAS A SLR OUT THERE WITH PAK 1 NO ON IT 90 KAROOR VALUE YES SO PLEASE I REQUEST YOU GIVE THE GUY RESPECT THEY ARE VERY VERY HIGH CONECTED IN THE MOTORTRADE YOU KNOW ICE CREAM HE CAN BUY ALL ICE CREAM VANS FOR EVERY HOUSE HOLD IN BRADFORD AND STILL CHILL THE MAN IS WORTH 600 MILLION RESPECT BROTHER KEEP IT UP ANY ONE NEED A PROJECT ICECREAM VAN CONVERSTION CALL 01274749999 NO PROBLEM KHAN AIRLINE COMING SOON WATCH OUT YES UNDERCONSTRUCTION
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