A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act court on Tuesday rejected the plea filed by jailed gangster Abu Salem Abdul Qayyum Ansari, a convict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bombings case, seeking to know the tentative date of his release. Salem had filed the petition in October to the superintendent of Nashik Central Prison, where he is lodged, requesting …
MUMBAI: The central government is bound to request the president to release gangster and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Abu Salem Abdul Qayyum Ansari, currently lodged in Nashik jail, after he completes 25 years of imprisonment, prison authorities informed the special TADA court on Tuesday. ‘Govt bound to request Prez for Salem’s release after 25 yrs in jail’ The central …
People’s Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that her sister Rubaiya Sayeed was called as a witness in her abduction case and was legally bound to participate in the identification process which she could not refuse. Talking to mediapersons in Srinagar after a party function, Mehbooba said Rubaiya was only able to identify Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front …
The Supreme Court on Monday said that Centre was bound to release gangster Abu Salem in 2030, on completion of his 25 years sentence in India, to honour a solemn assurance given by the Indian government to a Portuguese court in December 2002. Abu Salem, a member of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s syndicate was sentenced to life imprisonment in February …
The Government is bound by the assurance given by the then deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to the Portugal government that the maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, the Union home secretary has told the Supreme Court. The top court had said that it is not satisfied with the affidavit filed by …
