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Mumbai: Extradited gangster Abu Salem's former lawyer Pallavi Ashar allegedly attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills at her residence in suburban Ghatkopar. Ashar (41), who was reportedly romantically linked with Salem, took the step late last night, the police said today. She has been admitted at a nearby hospital and her statement is being recorded, a senior officer from the Ghatkopar police station said. The exact reasons as to why the lawyer had tried to end her life were not immediately known, they said. Ashar used to work under advocate Ashok Sarogi, who represented Salem in all the cases till early this year since the gangster's extradition from Portugal in November 2005. | 
