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Bombay HC rejects gangster Abu Salem’s parole plea to attend his brother’s rites over security costs
Updated On: 05 February, 2026 05:05 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A division bench comprising Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak dismissed the plea after Salem’s lawyer told the court that his client could not afford the high security escort charges demanded by the authorities
Abu Salem was extradited from Portugal to India on November 11, 2005. File Pic
The Bombay High Court on Thursday rejected a plea by jailed gangster Abu Salem seeking parole, after he expressed his inability to pay the police escort charges required by prison authorities, reported the PTI.
Abu Salem is currently serving a 25-year jail sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
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