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Lawyer
rules out Salem turning approver
Mumbai/Hyderabad: Abu Salem's lawyer OA Siddiqui on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of his client becoming an approver. Salem's lawyer Siddiqui said his client was falsely implicated in the case, and so there was no question of him becoming an approver. "On the first day an application was filed in the court saying that he has no nexus with the offence. He does not know anything about the offence, so how can he be an approver. The Supreme Court has already stated in Purvar's case that when an accused files a case for bail saying that he is not the person and he has been falsely implicated, how can you make him an approver. The question of him becoming an approver is out of question," said Siddiqui. Siddiqui also said that he might not pursue the case as it was not yet decided which lawyer would appear in the case. A POTA Court in Mumbai had sent Salem, suspected of involvement in the Mumbai blasts, that killed 260 people in the country's financial hub, to police custody for 12 days. Salem, 36, was extradited from Portugal on Thursday along with his wife, Monica Bedi. Police have also accused Salem of being a key associate of criminal syndicate leader Dawood Ibrahim, whom they say planned and financed the Mumbai blasts. The POTA Court ordered Salem to the custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) until November 23, when he will produced before the court again.
Meanwhile,
Monica Bedi, wife of Abu Salem whose case of forgery came up in the court
on Tuesday in Hyderabad has been postponed. Ashok Sarangi, lawyer of Monica
Bedi, argued that it was not necessary to keep her in police custody.
"Even if we take the case as it is, the entire case has been based on
documents and therefore her police custody is not required and otherwise
also, they have already filed a charge sheet. If the charge sheet is filed
where is the question for police custody. What is required to be investigated?
Nothing," said Sarangi. The CBI had sought a five-day custody for interrogating
her. Sarangi, however, said that they had argued against the police application
for Bedi. "The application was from the police that they be given Monica
Bedi's police custody. We argued that there were no cases against her
warranting police custody, therefore the application ought to be dismissed.
If the court agrees with us in this issue, only then a stage will come
when bail can be applied for, unless that is decided we cannot apply for
bail," Sarangi said.
- Nov 15, 2005
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