Didn’t go to Sanjay’s house and give him weapons in 1993: Abu Salem

Gangster Abu Salem has denied in his statement before the TADA court here that he went to the house of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and gave him two AK-47 rifles and hand grenades prior to the 1993 Mumbai blasts.

Dutt was convicted in the 1993 blasts case for possession of an AK-47 rifle and sentenced to five years in jail.

Salem on Tuesday submitted his statement to the court under section 313 of Criminal Procedure Code, which enables the accused to personally explain any circumstances appearing in the evidence against him or her. Salem, Riyaz Siddiqui, Karimullah Khan, Feroze Abdul Rashid, Tahir Merchant and Mustafa Dossa are facing trial now as they were arrested in the case later. The court had in 2006 convicted 100 accused, including Yakub Memon who was hanged last month.

“It is also false that two or three days later he, along with other accused, (again) went to Dutt’s house and brought (back) a bag containing two rifles, bullets and grenades,” the statement says. Salem also contends in the statement that his trial, after the termination of <g data-gr-id="14">extradition</g> order by Portuguese court, is “illegal, unwarranted and bad in law.”