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Abu Salem’s plea for early release from jail rejected by Bombay High Court

Gangster Abu Salem (HT Archive)
Updated on Apr 16, 2026 06:44 am IST

HC rejects gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari’s plea for immediate release

Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari was extradited from Portugal.
Published on Apr 15, 2026 12:14 pm IST

Abu Salem claims jail term exceeded 25-year sentence, SC refuses to entertain plea

Abu Salem claims jail term exceeded 25-year sentence, SC refuses to entertain plea
Published on Feb 16, 2026 03:32 pm IST

You 'cannot bargain' on paying escort charges, HC tells Abu Salem on his plea for parole

You 'cannot bargain' on paying escort charges, HC tells Abu Salem on his plea for parole
Published on Feb 03, 2026 08:01 pm IST

1993 blasts convict Abu Salem seeks 14-day emergency parole to attend brother’s last rites

1993 blasts convict Abu Salem seeks 14-day emergency parole to attend brother’s last rites
Published on Jan 07, 2026 07:52 am IST

67-year-old Mulund resident duped of 74 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ fraud

In the name of an ‘investigation’, the senior citizen was placed under a ‘digital arrest’ and forced to remain in isolation for a fortnight–from September 23 to October 7.
Published on Oct 30, 2025 04:00 am IST

Proposal for gangster Abu Salem's premature release under consideration: Maharashtra govt tells HC

Proposal for gangster Abu Salem's premature release under consideration: Maharashtra govt tells HC
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 07:50 pm IST

TADA court rejects Abu Salem’s plea for tentative release date

Abu Salem had filed the petition in October to the superintendent of Nashik Central Prison.
Updated on Dec 11, 2024 04:18 am IST

‘Govt bound to request Prez for Salem’s release after 25 yrs in jail’

‘Govt bound to request Prez for Salem’s release after 25 yrs in jail’
Updated on Nov 20, 2024 07:14 am IST

Abu Salem seeks set off in 1993 bomb blasts case, alleges non-compliance

Abu Salem is currently serving life terms in two separate cases relating to the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts and the murder of Mumbai businessman Pradeep Jain in 1995. (HT file)
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 01:16 am IST

Kaun Banega Crorepati 14: Amitabh Bachchan lauds contestant who caught Abu Salem

Stills from the upcoming episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 14.
Published on Aug 17, 2022 01:23 pm IST

SC: Govt bound to not extend Abu Salem jail term

Abu Salem, a member of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s syndicate was sentenced to life imprisonment in February 2015 by a special TADA court for killing Mumbai-based builder Pradeep Jain in 1995 (PTI)
Updated on Jul 12, 2022 03:51 am IST

Supreme Court verdict on July 11 on Abu Salem plea challenging life term

In June 2017, Salem was convicted and later awarded life sentence for his role in the 1993 serial blasts case in Mumbai.
Updated on Jul 09, 2022 10:47 pm IST

‘Can’t lecture judiciary’: Supreme Court raps Centre over Abu Salem stand

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Abu Salem, a member of the Dawood Ibrahim’s cartel who was considered as one of the key conspirators in the Mumbai 1993 serial blast cases, was extradited from Portugal on November 11, 2005. (Archive)
Updated on Apr 22, 2022 10:07 am IST

Salem entitled to freedom in Nov 2030, govt tells SC

Abu Salem (PTI)
Updated on Apr 19, 2022 05:05 am IST

SC gives home secretary ‘last chance’ to clear stand on Abu Salem’s release

Abu Salem is currently serving life terms in two separate cases relating to the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts and the murder of Mumbai businessman Pradeep Jain in 1995. (HT file)
Updated on Apr 13, 2022 06:15 am IST

Probe on into criminal past of Dawood’s aide Majeed’s Jamshedpur accomplice

Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Updated on Dec 30, 2020 06:33 pm IST

Dawood’s aide’s fake passport was made in Patna by friend

File photo: Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Updated on Dec 28, 2020 07:36 pm IST

Happy birthday Shah Rukh Khan: When he told gangster Abu Salem ‘I don’t tell you who to shoot so don’t tell me which film to do’

Happy birthday Shah Rukh Khan: The actor turns 55 on Monday.
Updated on Nov 02, 2020 11:55 am IST

Abu Salem seeks furlough to settle property dispute in UP

Salem had last year applied for parole to marry his girlfriend, Sayed Bahar Kausar alias Heena, a Mumbra resident, but his plea had been rejected.
Updated on Jun 13, 2019 08:30 am IST

Gangster Abu Salem won’t be sent to Portugal till sentence ends: India

The first ‘friendly contact’ of the administration with the Sentinelese happened on 4 January, 1991—although there are accounts of a salvage team making ‘friendly’ contact with the Sentinelese after the MV Primrose ran aground near the island in 1981.
Updated on Dec 10, 2018 09:52 am IST

Abu Salem’s plea for parole to get married rejected

Abu Salem had in March 2018 applied for parole leave on the grounds that he wanted to marry Sayyed Bahar.
Published on Aug 07, 2018 11:42 pm IST

Bombay high court rejects Abu Salem’s plea for parole to marry

Gangster Abu Salem , who is lodged at Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, approached the high court after prison authorities rejected his plea for parole.
Updated on Aug 07, 2018 03:14 pm IST

Gangster Abu Salem threatens to sue Sanju filmmakers for claims made about him in movie

Ranbir Kapoor played the title role in the movie based on fellow-actor Sanjay Dutt’s life.
Published on Jul 27, 2018 11:36 am IST

Taloja central jail in Navi Mumbai to get 400 more CCTV cameras

Several criminals from the underworld have been lodged at the Taloja jail, Navi Mumbai.
Updated on Jul 06, 2018 12:39 am IST

Abu Salem writes to Portuguese authorities again, a day after their visit

Gangster Abu Salem is lodged in Taloja jail.
Updated on Jun 14, 2018 10:32 am IST

Portuguese team checks on Abu Salem after he complains about prison blues

Abu Salem was extradited from Lisbon, Portugal, in 2003.
Updated on Jun 13, 2018 11:03 pm IST

Delhi court sentences Abu Salem to 7 years in jail in 2002 extortion case

In the extortion case lodged in Delhi, it was alleged that Abu Salem had demanded Rs 5 crore as protection money from a Delhi businessman in 2002.
Updated on Jun 07, 2018 02:55 pm IST

Gangster Abu Salem convicted in 2002 extortion case by Delhi court

Abu Salem come back from Hyderabad hearing on his fake passport and other case at Dadar in loaded at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai.
Updated on May 26, 2018 08:47 pm IST