Friday, November 11 2005 17:45 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Underworld don Abu Salem, who was extradited from Portugal, was today (November 11, 2005) remanded to police custody till November 23 by the the TADA court.

Salem was produced amidst tight security before the designated TADA court hearing the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case, in which he is one of the prime accused.

He was produced before the designated judge of TADA (P) court P D Kode.

Salem, who was extradited early today along with his girl friend Monica Bedi, was among the absconding accused of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.

The underworld don is wanted by the Mumbai police in 25 more cases, including Gulshan Kumar murder case and killing of Anil Dewani, secretary of film actress Manisha Koirala in Mumbai.

However, according to CBI, Salem has been extradited to India in connection with eight cases which included the Mumbai serial blasts in 1993, two cases of passport forgery from Lucknow, three cases of extortion from Delhi and another murder case from the metropolitan.

Salem has been booked under section 3 of TADA for terrorist activities and 120(B) IPC for conspiracy.

The court allowed his lawyer O A Siqqiqui to meet one him an hour every alternate day.

The CBI also informed the court about the arrest of his wife Monica Bedi and her being taken to Hyderabad where forgery case is registered against her.