Sessions court defers trial of 6 Salem gangsters

MUMBAI: A sessions court on Monday deferred until October 18 the recording of evidence against six alleged members of the Abu Salem gang, who had shot dead Ajit Dewani, the secretary of film stars Manisha Koirala, Aftab Shivdasani and Lisa Ray, in June last year.
The charges were framed against the accused recently by designated judge A.M. Thipsay.
Abu Salem, facing charge of illegal stay in Lisbon, is the absconding accused in this case.His case is likely to be separated from other accused and would be tried as and when he is available to the police in India.
The accused include Upendra Singh, Deepak Singh, Akhilesh Kumar Singh and Nizamuddhin Rauf.