A Portugal court on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of Abu Salem by two months pending the inquiry against him in Lisbon and a decision by India on his extradition to face trial in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
Central Bureau of Investigation sources said the judicial remand of Salem was to end on Tuesday.
The court action comes close on the heels of the Portugal government sending a Letters Rogatory to the CBI seeking certain details about the gangster for the forgery committed by him in Portugal to procure a passport and a resident working permit.
This is the third time the judicial remand of Salem has been extended since his arrest on September 13. The gangster had been arrested, along with his companion Monica Bedi, in Lisbon following an Interpol Red Corner notice issued at the behest of the CBI.
