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Never seen Abu Salem, Monica: witness

Bhopal: A witness on Thursday informed a court hearing Monica Bedi's fake passport case that he had never seen her and her alleged companion underworld don Abu Salem in the locality, the address of which was mentioned to procure the passports.

Naseem, a resident of Gandhi Nagar area, where the address mentioned for procuring the fake passports was located, claimed before Judge D K. Dangi that he had never seen Bedi and Salem in the locality.

With Naseem testifying before the judge, three out of the 32 witnesses in the case have got their statements recorded, Public Prosecutor R. K. Motwani told reporters after the day's hearing. The judge also rejected an application by Monica's new counsel P. C. Bedi seeking more time to study the case. The court will record statements of other witnesses on Friday. She has already been sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in a passport forgery case in Hyderabad. PTI

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