Salem remanded to seven-day police custody
A court in New Delhi on Tuesday remanded extradited gangster Abu Salem - who is facing trial in the 1993 Mumbai blasts - in Delhi Police's custody for seven days in two other cases.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Seema Maini remanded Salem in the custody of the Special Cell of police to enable them to interrogate him for his alleged role in two extortion cases in New Delhi in April and July 2002.
In the first case, Salem had allegedly tried to extort Rs 50 million from a south Delhi-based businessman Ashok Gupta as "protection fee" to shield him from other gangsters.
In the July case, he had allegedly demanded Rs 10 million from Rajat Nagrath, owner of Allied Communications in East of Kailash in south Delhi.
The Special Cell had earlier arrested three people, Ishtaq, Sadiq and Chandu Prakash, in connection with the case. The trio had confessed that they called up the businessmen at the instance of Salem.
Salem was extradited from Portugal to India November 11, 2005 - 12 years after he allegedly masterminded the terror blasts in India's financial capital. He was brought to India along with his companion, Bollywood actress Monica Bedi.
Salem and Monica were arrested at a Lisbon shopping mall Sep 18, 2002 following an Interpol red corner notice issued at the Central Bureau of Investigation's request.
Apart from the Mumbai serial explosions, the 36-year-old mobster is also wanted in 54 cases ranging from murder to extortion.
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
Banda boat tragedy: Eight more bodies recovered; search operation still on
Two days after a boat capsized in the Yamuna rive in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district, eight more bodies surfaced at different places, taking the death toll to 11. Nine more people are still missing even as search operations are underway in full swing. The National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), assisted by the expert divers from Prayagraj and locals, found more bodies floating on the Fatehpur side in Asothar and Kishanpur.
-
PM Modi pays rich tribute to Shivamogga Subbanna: 'A household name'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences to renowned singer Shivamogga Subbanna who died on Thursday. The 83-year-old national award-winning singer died of a heart attack at Bengaluru. Shivamogga Subbanna was the first playback singer from Karnataka to win a national award for playback singing. Shivamogga Subbanna's admirers bid him final adieu at Ravindra Kalakeshtra of Bengaluru on Friday. Shivamogga Subbanna is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.
-
After 4 years, ASI reiterates demand to open inner treasury of Jagannath temple
More than four years after an unsuccessful attempt to inspect the 'Ratna Bhandar', or chambers containing valuables, of the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has renewed its demand for the opening of the chambers for inspection. The two chambers of the Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple – 'Bhitar Bhandar' (inner treasury) and 'Bahar Bhandar' (outer treasury) – reportedly has more than 800 valuables and jewellery.
-
These 6 Karnataka cops have been awarded by centre for excellence in service
Six police officers from Karnataka have bagged medals this year as the union home ministry on Friday announced awards nationwide for over 150 police personnel for setting an inspiring example and answering the call to duty. Karnataka Lokayukta SP K Lakshmi Ganesh - who played a major role in unearthing illegal migrant documents nexus in the state -is among those who have won accolades.
-
ED freezes assets worth ₹370 cr of Bengaluru firm
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has conducted searches at various premises of a private company in Bengaluru and froze assets worth Rs 370 crore. According to ED, a large amount of funds to the tune of Rs 370 crore were deposited by 23 entities including accused NBFCs and their fintech companies into the INR wallets of Yellow Tune Technologies held with crypto exchange Flipvolt Technologies Private Limited. The company's promoters went untraceable.
