Mumbai: The special Tada court in Mumbai has stopped transfer of extradited gangster Abu Salem to Delhi till fresh orders. Salem was to be produced in a Delhi court in connection with two extortion cases registered against him on February 8.
As a result, Salem will not be taken to the national capital on Wednesday. The special court stayed the transfer of Salem's custody to Delhi Police after his lawyers submitted that the extradited gangster faces a threat to his life.
Earlier, the Special cell of Delhi Police had obtained permission from the Tada court to take Salem to Delhi. Accordingly, the court had granted his custody to Delhi Police on the condition that he will produced in Mumbai on February 23.
Salem's lawyers, who moved an application before TADA court Judge P D Kode, claimed that proper arrangements were not made for the gangster's travel to Delhi and that he faced a threat to life.
"The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has sent a rail ticket for Salem's travel to Delhi. The train takes 36 hours to reach Delhi and it can have adverse impact on his health as Salem has back ailments. Moreover, no personnel from their (Delhi Police) side was ready to accompany him during the travel," Salem's lawyer Ashok Sarogi said.
Salem, a key accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, is currently lodged in the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai.
One of the Delhi police's cases against Salem dates back to July 2002 in which Salem is accused of demanding Rs 10 million as protection money from one Rajat Nagrath, owner of Allied Communication in East of Kailash, South Delhi.
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