New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed gangster Abu Salem's appeal against his conviction and seven-year jail term in fake passport case.
The underworld don was sentenced to seven years in jail in 2013 in the 2001 fake passport case by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Hyderabad.
Salem had allegedly procured the fake passport under the fictitious identity of Ramil Kamil Malik by submitting bogus documents, that included forged birth date, residential proof and name of father, to the Hyderabad Regional Passport Office, allegedly in connivance with some government officials and private persons in 2001.
In total, Salem obtained three passports - one for his wife, another for his girlfriend and starlet Monica Bedi, apart for himself.
The fake passport case was transferred to the central agency from Andhra Pradesh Police in October 2002 and a chargesheet was filed in 2004 against 10 accused. While seven of the total accused faced trial, two were acquitted, said Ramana.
The trial against the gangster began in Hyderabad in 2009.
(With inputs from PTI)
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