Date:20/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/20/stories/2008082053920100.htm

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CBI seeks time for filing reply on Salem’s extradition

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday sought time from a Delhi court for filing its response to a query as to why underworld don Abu Salem was extradited instead of being deported here from Portugal in 2005 to face trial in criminal cases, including the 1992 Mumbai blasts case.

K. Kamraj, DIG of the CBI, appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur and submitted that the probe agency be given more time to file its response on the issue.

The court allowed the plea and fixed the matter for August 30. — PTI