Shortage of time, as contended by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, again prevented the production of don Abu Salem before a city court.
NEW DELHI: Shortage of time, as contended by the Special Cell of Delhi Police, again prevented the production of underworld don Abu Salem before a city court on Tuesday in connection with a six-year-old extortion case.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Seema Maini has now issued a warrant for production of Salem in the extortion case registered in 2001, in which he allegedly demanded Rs one crore from a South Delhi-based businessman.
The court has directed the Superintendent of Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to produce him before it on May 22.
Earlier, the Special Cell of Delhi Police informed the court that despite getting a permission from the concerned TADA court in Mumbai to produce Salem here, he could not be brought due to shortage of time.
The court has also issued warrants against three other accused, Ishtiyaq, Sabiq and CP Rai, who are presently lodged in Bhopal jail in connection with the same case.
The Bhopal Jail Superintendent, in a written communication, informed the court that the trio was not produced due to shortage of staff there.
The Superintendent has also been directed by the court to produce the accused before it on May 22.
According to the police, Salem had demanded Rs one crore from one Rajat Nagrath, owner of Allied Communications in East of Kailash in South Delhi six years ago.
The special cell of the police had in September, 2002, arrested the other three accused in the same case.
During interrogation, the trio had purportedly disclosed that they targeted businessmen for extortion at the instance of Salem, who was then said to be operating from Dubai.
Salem failed to appear before the court several times earlier due to various reasons.
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