Brawl in jail: Forensic tests on sharpened spoon,clothes

“The weapon used for the crime,the spoon in this case,will also be subjected to tests to ascertain whether there are traces of the victim’s blood on it. The tests may also reveal the process by which the spoon was sharpened. Whether there were any instruments or crude machinery used or it was rubbed against stones to give it such a shape.”

The Crime Branch had booked Dossa and his associate Abdul Qayyum Sheikh on charges of attempt to murder. Both Dossa and Salem were lodged in barrack no 10 at the jail and Salem had alleged that the accused duo had accosted him and slashed him with the sharp spoon,inflicting injuries on his face.

While being produced in court,Dossa had alleged that Salem had inflicted wounds on himself “so that he would be sent back to Portugal”,from where he had been extradited.

“While prima facie it looks like Salem was assaulted by someone and didn’t inflict the injuries himself,we are investigating further. We haven’t yet got any witnesses who saw the incident and we are investigating whether the spot where the alleged attack took place had CCTV coverage,” a Crime Branch officer said.

Salem fears malaria,seeks shift to Arthur Road jail
Abu Salem filed an application before a special TADA court Wednesday,seeking transfer from Taloja jail,which according to him has many malaria patients. Salem was shifted to Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai last week. “Salem feels he too could contract the disease. Besides,he is also anticipating threat to his life in Taloja,” his lawyer Raja Thakur said. Special TADA Judge ST Mahajan has directed Taloja Jail superintendent to file a reply by August 23.