Thursday, February 2 2006 14:07 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai : Shah Alam an associate of gangster Abu Salem, was arrested by Mumbai police here today (Feb 2,2006) in connection with the Ajit Dewani murder case.

Dewani, Secretary to Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, was murdered in 2001, police said, adding that Alam's name was not in the original chargesheet.

Salem, deported from Portugal last year, is now in Mumbai crime branch custody.