Salem aide to be arrested on arrival

MUMBAI: Naeem Khan, an aide of extradited gangster Abu Salem, is likely to return from Dubai on Monday and will be arrested by Anti-Terrorist Squad of Mumbai Police for questioning in the Pradeep Jain murder case.
Earlier, ATS special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had said that Naeem had arrived and was arrested by the squad.
But, subsequently, he corrected himself stating that Naeem was yet to arrive.
ATS Joint Police Commissioner P S Raghuvanshi also said that he has no information regarding Naeem's arrival in Mumbai.
Other ATS officials have also denied knowledge of Naeem's arrival.
Naeem Khan, an aide of Abu Salem, allegedly used to run the extortion business on behalf of Salem from Dubai. In the Pradeep Jain murder, it is alleged that Naeem had allegedly acted as a mediator for Salem, main accused in the case.
Naeem, who has been staying at Dubai for several years, yesterday told a local newspaper from Dubai that he had no role in the Jain murder case and said he would visit Mumbai on Monday to present himself before police.
Pradeep Jain, a builder from suburban Andheri, was shot dead by assailants in 1995,after he allegedly refused to give in to Salem's pressure, who wanted Jain to sell a piece of land to another builder at a nominal rate.