Off the wire
• Lawmakers weigh China's draft anti-terrorism law  • U.S.woman tourist detained at Indian airport for carrying bullets  • EU opens Ebola treatment center in Abidjan  • Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong  • 1st LD: Iran Rouhani says removal of "oppressive" sanctions should be outcome of nuclear deal  • Roundup: Hong Kong stocks close 0.11 pct higher  • Gold price close higher in Hong Kong  • Do or die for Botswana's Township Rollers  • ASEAN economic ministers to discuss establishment of AEC  • Official: 90 pct of camels in Gulf region carry MERS coronavirus  
You are here: 　 Home

Indian anti-terror court sentences Mumbai gangster to life in jail in murder case

Xinhua, February 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

An anti-terror court in India Wednesday sentenced to life in jail a notorious gangster, who was extradited from Portugal 10 years back, for killing a builder in Mumbai over a property dispute.

The court gave life term to Abu Salem and two of his former accomplices -- all then part of the Dawood Ibrahim gang -- for their involvement in the murder of Pradeep Jain at his residence in Mumbai in 1995.

The 47-year-old gangster was extradited from Portugal in 2005, where he had been hiding in with his girlfriend and Bollywood actress Monika, after a long legal battle on the condition that he would not be executed if convicted in India.

Salem has been lodged in a prison in Mumbai since his extradition from Portugal. Several other cases are pending against him. Endi