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CBI rushes official to Lisbon in Salem-Monica extradition case
New Delhi, Aug 05: In a fresh bid to get the underworld don and main accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts Abu Salem and his girl friend Monica Bedi extradited, the CBI has marshalled additional details for the prosecution in Portugal.
New Delhi, Aug 05: In a fresh bid to get the
underworld don and main accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts
Abu Salem and his girl friend Monica Bedi extradited, the CBI
has marshalled additional details for the prosecution in
Portugal.
A senior CBI official was rushed to Lisbon, who briefed
the prosecutor general's office, representing the Indian
government in the extradition trial and gave additional inputs
about Salem's anti-national activities in India.
The CBI official was sent after a local court in Portugal
ruled out extradition of Monica saying that the crime committed
by her was similar to the crime committed in Lisbon and that
she could be tried there only.
However, the local court order had been challenged by the
Portuguese prosecutor general's office in the higher court.
According to the Portuguese law, no counsel of CBI
could represent it in that country.
"We have to ensure that even Monica Bedi is brought before the law of the land as this will act as a deterrent for criminals hiding abroad after committing crime," a senior CBI official commented on the necessity to depute an officer to Portugal.
Bureau Report
"We have to ensure that even Monica Bedi is brought before the law of the land as this will act as a deterrent for criminals hiding abroad after committing crime," a senior CBI official commented on the necessity to depute an officer to Portugal.
Bureau Report