Shams Tahir Khan is a popular Indian journalist.He was born in a Muslim family. His wife Savitri has adopted a village Bhainsoda, Almora in Uttarakhand. Shams Tahir Khan With His Wife.He started his career in journalism as a crime reporter in the Hindi daily Jansatta in 1993 and worked there for seven years. An Old Picture of Shams Tahir Khan.In December 2000, he joined Aaj Tak as a crime reporter. He started hosting the crime show Jurm on Aaj Tak in March 2003.He has worked as a journalist in various crime shows, including Vaardat (2004) a daily crime show, Raaz (2005) on forensic investigation, and Koi Laut De Mere He got immense popularity with his crime show Vaardat (2004) aired on Aaj Tak.Later, he was promoted to Senior Executive Editor, Crime Head, and Head Delhi Aaj Tak.He has received the ENBA Award for Best International Reporter for his reporting from Mosul, Iraq.He interviewed the key conspirator of the Indian Parliament attack Afzal Guru in 2001.He has won various awards for journalism including Mumbai Press Club Red Ink Awards for Excellence in Indian Journalism 2015, and NT Award for the series Koi Laut De Mere aired on Aaj Tak.He has received many awards for making various documentaries, like Listen to the voice of Ayodhya, My mourning has no name, A Documentary on Mumbai attack, What is the night on Bhopal gas tragedy? Ask Bhopal, and Gandhi assassination Hey Ram..