U Sudhakar Reddy
Central Bureau of Investigation court at Gaganvihar on Monday
The third Additional Special Judge Mr. M V Ramana Naidu has posted the case to November
28 for confirmation of quantum of sentence for the accused Abu Salem.Abu Salem who is currently lodged in Taloja Central Prison in Navi Mumbai is likely to be produced in the city court on 28th. Due to security reasons he was not produced on Monday. For the past six years he was in the jail with regarding to the fake passport case of city.
The prosecution has sought the maximum of seven year imprisonment. Salem’s ex girl friend and film actor Ms Monica Bedi who already convicted undergone sentence was released. Apart from 1993 Bombay Blasts Case Abu Salem is an accused in several other heinous offences across the country which are under various stages of trial. His wife Sameera Jumani how is wanted in CBI Hyderabad case is still absconding.CBI’s senior public prosecutor Mr. T Venkata Ramana said ,”He was convicted under five charges 120B(criminal conspiracy) 120 B with 420 (cheating), 419(punishment for cheating by impersonation), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 IPC (using forged documents as genuine),”He added ,”Abu Salem has impersonated as Ramil Kamil Malik and obtained bogus passport for him and his wife and ex girl friend Monica Bedi. He used falsified information and documents of proof like false Date of Birth certificate and resident proof and gave fake declaration. The prosecution has examined 39 witnesses and marked 60 documents in the case to prove the five charges,”The offence took place in Kurnool in 2001 and passports were issued by Secunderabad regional passport office and the case was registered in 2006 and trial begun in 2008.“Out of total 10 accused the case split. Initially Monica Bedi and five other accused were tried. Monica was convicted. Three more accused including Abu Salem’s wife Sameera and passport agent Hameed A6 and Faizan Ahmed A 10 are still absconding.The bank clerk in Kurnool Superintendent of Police Mr Srinivas (A4), Sattar head constable (A5), Revenue Inspector Mohammed Younus A7, postman Gokhari Shaheb A 8 are the other accused.The allegation against Abu Salem is that he obtained a fake passport in the assumed name of Ramil Malik Kamal from the Regional Passport Office, Secunderabad by submitting false documents like residence certificate, educational certificate with the help of Srinivas, Sattar, Younus, Gokhari, Hameed and Faizan. With the fake passport he travelled to Lisbon, Portugal. The owner of Faizan Enterprises, Mumbai Faizan Ahmed is involved in the business of recruiting people for jobs in foreign countries. He gave 10 passport size photographs of Abu Salem, Monica and Sameera and fake names and documents to the other accused to secure passports falsely showing them as residents of Kurnool in the State. At the instance of A-6 Hameed, A-7 Mohammed Yunis, Mandal Revenue Inspector of Mandal Revenue Office, Kurnool issued a false residential certificates in the assumed names intended for the benefit of the top three accused procured fake transfer certificates purported to have been issued by the Headmaster, Zila Parishad High Court, Peddapadu, Kurnool District in the name of Ramil Kamil Malik and two fake memorandum of marks sheets in the names of Neha Asif Jafari and Sana Malik, purported to have been issued by the Headmaster, Higher Elementary School, Kurnool, as a proof in support of date of birth. Abu Salem was a prime conspirator of the blasts, which killed 250 innocent persons, and was also involved in possession, transportation and distribution of arms and explosives, illegally smuggled into the country. On CBI’s request an Red Corner Notice was issued by Interpol against Salem in 1997. An attempt to extradite Salem from UAE did not succeed, but CBI continued to pursue him. Salem was finally arrested in September 2002 in Lisbon, and was extradited to India in 2005. Abu Salem was a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, Tiger Memon and others. Salem tried to fight over his extradition but failed. In August 2013 Salem lost the case in Supreme Court regarding quashing of all proceedings against him. The Supreme Court held that the verdict of Portugal court is "not binding" on courts here and Salem's extradition to India is still "valid in the eyes of law".
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