A Portuguese diplomat met convicted gangster Abu Salem in Taloja prison on Tuesday to interview him referring to allegations about non-compliance of the extradition order and human rights violations . Salem, dressed in a white coarse-cotton prison uniform, complained of lack of light and air flow in his cell and that he was once stored "in isolation".
Salem, extradited in 2005 from Portugal, was once convicted by a special Tada court docket final 12 months for conspiracy within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, wherein 257 had been killed and over 700 had been injured, and given a existence time period. In 2015, he was once convicted by the Tada court docket for the 1995 murder of a Mumbai builder. More recently, he was once sentenced to seven years in prison by a Delhi court docket in an extortion case.
"I have been kept in isolation. There is no one to talk to or interact with all day... It is like mental harassment to just keep looking at the walls. Just because of security reasons, should I be kept like this in isolation?" he is learnt to have advised the Portuguese deputy head of undertaking in India, Sofia Batalha. When she asked in regards to the meals served in prison, he mentioned it was once of low high quality and the portions had been insufficient.
Batalha, who reached Mumbai from Delhi, interacted with Salem for over two hours on the prison, which is in Navi Mumbai, mentioned inspector common of prisons Rajvardhan Sinha. The meeting began after midday. Also present had been Salem's Indian lawyer Saba Qureshi, honorary consul of Portugal in Mumbai Captain Somesh Batra, a CBI officer and a deputy superintendent of police.
Advocate Qureshi later mentioned, "Living conditions in the jail are a human rights violation. But what needs to be the focus of Portuguese officials is the violation by the Indian authorities of Salem's extradition order by trying him for excessive charges and punishing him in violation of the assurance given." The prison time period limit for Salem as in line with the extradition order is 25 years.
Meanwhile, Salem's lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira, who was once "effectively denied" permission by India's international ministry to accompany the embassy respectable to Taloja prison, mentioned from Portugal that not having a Portuguese-speaking lawyer present was once also a violation of Salem's human rights. Meanwhile, the Association of Lawyers Without Borders in a press be aware has expressed its "willingness to support and monitor the progress of Salem's whole situation", to protect his "human rights".
Salem, extradited in 2005 from Portugal, was once convicted by a special Tada court docket final 12 months for conspiracy within the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, wherein 257 had been killed and over 700 had been injured, and given a existence time period. In 2015, he was once convicted by the Tada court docket for the 1995 murder of a Mumbai builder. More recently, he was once sentenced to seven years in prison by a Delhi court docket in an extortion case.
"I have been kept in isolation. There is no one to talk to or interact with all day... It is like mental harassment to just keep looking at the walls. Just because of security reasons, should I be kept like this in isolation?" he is learnt to have advised the Portuguese deputy head of undertaking in India, Sofia Batalha. When she asked in regards to the meals served in prison, he mentioned it was once of low high quality and the portions had been insufficient.
Batalha, who reached Mumbai from Delhi, interacted with Salem for over two hours on the prison, which is in Navi Mumbai, mentioned inspector common of prisons Rajvardhan Sinha. The meeting began after midday. Also present had been Salem's Indian lawyer Saba Qureshi, honorary consul of Portugal in Mumbai Captain Somesh Batra, a CBI officer and a deputy superintendent of police.
Advocate Qureshi later mentioned, "Living conditions in the jail are a human rights violation. But what needs to be the focus of Portuguese officials is the violation by the Indian authorities of Salem's extradition order by trying him for excessive charges and punishing him in violation of the assurance given." The prison time period limit for Salem as in line with the extradition order is 25 years.
Meanwhile, Salem's lawyer Manuel Luis Ferreira, who was once "effectively denied" permission by India's international ministry to accompany the embassy respectable to Taloja prison, mentioned from Portugal that not having a Portuguese-speaking lawyer present was once also a violation of Salem's human rights. Meanwhile, the Association of Lawyers Without Borders in a press be aware has expressed its "willingness to support and monitor the progress of Salem's whole situation", to protect his "human rights".
Portugal envoy hears Abu Salem's jail woes
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