“I will pray for my deceased father from ED office” emotional DK Shivakumar tells reporters in Delhi
He was speaking after his request to celebrate Ganesh Chaturti with family was rejected by ED
New Delhi: Senior Karnataka Congress leader and former Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar on Monday broke down in front of reporters before leaving to appear for ED questioning. Shivakumar expressed grief as the Enforcement Directorate probing alleged money laundering case rejected his request to celebrate Ganesh Chaturti with family in Bengaluru.
DKShi turned emotional and said "What makes me cry is that the BJP and ED officials did not allow me to offer prayers for my father. It is okay. I will offer my prayers from the ED office to my father and grandmother that their souls rest in peace," while adding that his family offers special prayers for his deceased father during Ganesh Chaturti.
After Karnataka High Court rejected his plea for interim protection from the ED summons DKShi appeared before ED in Delhi on Friday evening. He was also questioned by the ED on Saturday and was asked to appear before them on Monday as well for the third day of questioning.
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HC dismisses Abu Salem’s plea seeking immediate release after completing '25 years' in jail
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed gangster Abu Salem’s plea for immediate release, claiming he had served 25 years in jail in India mandated under the terms of his extradition from Portugal.
In his plea, Salem had contended that if remission for good behaviour is included, then his 25-year jail term is complete and hence he ought to be freed.
A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata said it cannot hold that the 25-year jail term is complete, as it would be premature to say anything at this stage on the point of remission.
The court relied on a Supreme Court judgment wherein it was held that remission of a prisoner would need to be calculated a month before the applicant’s release.
“Therefore, the present petition (filed by Salem) is dismissed,” the court said.
A copy of the detailed order is yet to be made available.
Salem’s plea, filed through advocate Farhana Shah, had said that when he was extradited from Portugal in 2005, India had assured that he would not be handed over the death penalty in any case and that he would not be imprisoned for more than 25 years.
The government had opposed his plea, noting that Salem has spent only 19 years in jail and that a decision on his premature release was pending.
Salem was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and sentenced to life imprisonment.
