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Abu Salem appeals against extradition order

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, FEB. 18. As expected, the underworld don and one of the main accused in the March 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case, Abu Salem, has appealed to the Portugal Supreme Court against the order of the High Court at Lisbon giving a go-ahead to his extradition to India.

Well-placed CBI sources said here today that the Prosecutor-General of Portugal had already been briefed by the agency to counter Salem's appeal in the Supreme Court. Sources said Abu Salem had appealed for a review of the High Court order for his extradition.

During the trial earlier, Salem had pleaded before the court that he would be discriminated against by the Indian Government as he belonged to a minority community. The CBI denied his charge by citing a number of judgments of various courts of the country.

The Portugal High Court last month ordered the extradition of Salem to face trial in the serial blasts case that rocked India's commercial capital in 1993, killing about 300 people and injuring over 700.

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