Can’t provide release date of Abu Salem now: CBI

Salem has spent implicit 23 years and 8 months successful jail, arsenic helium was sentenced to beingness imprisonment successful 2 cases.

The Supreme Court successful 2022 had said that arsenic per the sovereign committedness made to Portugal successful 2005 erstwhile Salem was extradited, her cannot beryllium kept successful jailhouse beyond 25 years.

The CBI, successful its reply earlier the peculiar court, said that the Supreme Court successful 2022 had said that Salem’s detention has to beryllium counted from October 12, 2005, erstwhile helium was arrested successful India, and connected completion of 25 years, helium has to beryllium released.

“In presumption thereof, the indispensable papers beryllium forwarded wrong a period of the play of the completion of 25 years condemnation of the appellant (Salem),” the Supreme Court had said.

Hence, the CBI said, the contented of his merchandise day volition originate lone 1 period anterior to his merchandise and that if Salem needs immoderate clarification connected this, helium volition person to determination the Supreme Court.

In 2015, helium was sentenced to beingness imprisonment for the execution of Mumbai-based builder Pradeep Jain, who was killed successful 1995. In September 2017, Salem was convicted and sentenced to beingness imprisonment for his relation successful the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, which had claimed 257 lives.