Nikam seeks death for Salem, defence cites extradition terms

February 17, 2015 21:07

The prosecution today sought capital punishment for extradited gangster Abu Salem in the builder Pradeep Jain murder case while the defence contended that it would be a violation of the treaty with Portugal.

The special TADA court yesterday convicted Salem, his driver Mehendi Hassan and builder Virendra Jhamb for the 1995 murder.

"The accused (Salem) not only killed Jain but also enjoyed the act of killing him and this amounts to cruelty. He had total disregard for human life and to curb this, a deterrent sentence needs to be awarded," Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told the court.

Saying that the case fell in the rarest of rare category, Nikam termed Salem "a contract killer, merchant of death and captain of the ship of underworld".

Nikam added that Salem had a Talibani mindset as he wanted to kill the entire Jain family (his brothers and wife) as they did not fulfil his demands.

"Salem exhibited his cruel nature by calling Jain's wife 13 days after the killing and asked her if she was mourning

her husband's death and laughed," Nikam said, further submitting that even on that day he asked the family members to pay up and threatened to eliminate them if they failed.

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