Salim gets freedom from 'Kutta' tag

March 21, 2013 16:42

A convict in the 1993 serial bomb blasts, Mohammed Salim Mira Shaikh, also known as 'Salim Kutta', had urged the designated TADA court to drop the epithet as he found it derogatory.

Mohammed Salim Mira Shaikh, whose life sentence was today confirmed by the Supreme Court for his complicity in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case, had urged the designated TADA court during the trial to drop the offensive epithet 'Kutta', which means dog in Hindi, from the court records.

The convict was known as 'Salim Kutta' in underworld circles because of his ruthless approach towards rivals as he used to pounce upon them like a 'ferocious dog'. "Do I look like a dog?" he politely asked the court once.

However, hearing his plea, designated TADA Judge P D Kode had passed an order dropping the word 'Kutta' from the records after observing that every person had the right to live with dignity under the Constitution.

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