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India seeks extradition of Salem's first wife from US

     New Delhi: Issuing an alert against underworld don Abu Salem's first wife Samira Jumani, Centre on Thursday sent a formal proposal to the US to extradite her in connection with the criminal cases against Salem. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sources said that Samira could be privy to many secrets about the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts accused. CBI holds that Samira, who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the US, would be knowing more information than Monica Bedi about Salem and his involvement in blasts, his extortion business and other interests in property. Samira was even booked in 1997 for procuring a forged passport from Lucknow by giving fake identity and address in the name of Sabina Azmi in July 1993 along with Salem who also procured a forged passport from the same city in the name of Akil Ahmed Azmi. Salem, who along with Bedi was brought to Mumbai by the CBI on November 11 after a Lisbon court authorised their extradition, is currently in a 12-day police custody. Over 50 criminal cases are pending against the India s second most wanted, including the murder of music baron Gulshan Kumar in 1997, assault on filmmakers Rajeev Rai and Subhash Ghai in 1997, murder of Chembur builder Om Prakash Kukreja in 1995, murder of builder Pradeep Jain in 1994 and extortion threats to many film personalities.