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Ex-Bollywood actress is released

by kaizadbhamgara | July 25, 2007 at 02:22 pm

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In a clear case of "Justice can be very selective, if one knows how to manipulate it" - Monica Bedi's lawyers managed to get her out the easy way by just proving that she was being held hostage. However, if one is to look at all the pictures and other evidence that proves her time with Abu Salem, it clearly shows that it is from reality to say she was a hostage.. I would say she was definately with him out of will. But then again, I guess thats what happens when money is the governing factor for justice.
All i can say is well done lawyers.. shame on the justice system.. again.

Ex-Bollywood actress is released
Abu Salem and ex-actress Monica Bedi
Monica Bedi's lawyers say she was held hostage by Abu Salem
Former Bollywood actress Monica Bedi has been released from jail a day after she was given bail by a special court.

A smiling Bedi stepped out of the Chanchalguda jail, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, 20 months after she was incarcerated.

She had been convicted and sentenced in a case of passport forgery.

Bedi was extradited from Portugal in 2005 along with Abu Salem, a prime suspect in the 1993 bombings in Mumbai that killed more than 250 people.

The two were arrested in Portugal in 2002.

The prosecution said Bedi and Abu Salem secured passports from India's Andhra Pradesh state with false information.

Bedi's lawyers have always denied that she was Abu Salem's girlfriend. They said she had been held hostage.

A confident and relaxed looking Bedi walked through the huge iron gates of the jail, accompanied by her father and uncle.

The special court in Hyderabad issued her release orders on Tuesday, but as the orders could not reach the jail superintendent during office hours, her release was delayed by a day.

Bedi was released after her father paid the bail amount of $600 (25,000 rupees) in the special court.

Asked about her future plans, Bedi said her top priority would be to spend time with her family.

Authorities in India say that Mr Salem, an Indian Muslim, is a key associate of India's "crime lord" Dawood Ibrahim - wanted in connection with the Mumbai (Bombay) train bombings of 1993.

Abu Salem also faces murder, extortion and kidnapping charges in a number of cases.