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Monica Bedi

  • "I regret meeting him. The only hope I have is my asylum request and I implore the authorities to take into account that I am a person, I am not Abu Salem's shadow," she told a weekly newspaper.

  • In 2004, Monica wrote an emotional letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to get her extradition to India stopped, as she feared harassment at the hands of law enforcing agencies.She pleaded her innocence despite being caught with alleged underworld don Abu Salem, one of the main accused in Mumbai's serial blasts of 1993.

    Monica pleaded in her letter that she had nothing to do with the criminal acts of Salem and she be allowed to return to Norway

Our Opinion:

Monica pleaded in her letter that she had nothing to do with the criminal acts of Salem and she be allowed to return to Norway.

Is this true or false?

As a NRI having 30 years experience, I like to say that majority of the NRI children who were born between 1965- 1985, are very straight forward, honest and very successful being have a challenge in western society. Monica Bedi's NRI family belongs to small village of Punjab and had no history to train her terrorism.

Due to our great culture, parents always teach their kids good things about India. Indian Film industry also have great part to attract NRI kids.

Monica got into films after she met producer Manoj Kumar in England while she was studying English literature at Oxford in 1992. Manoj’s son Kunal was her classmate. Manoj Kumar is believed to have launched her film career along with his son Kunal.

In Bombay, she came in contact with Mukesh Duggal, a film producer, who took her to Dubai for a stage show. In Dubai, he introduced Monica to Abu Salem. Salem helped Monica get work in Hindi movies.

Salem's financial dealings with certain Bollywood folk were very strong, gang's hierarchy, duped a Sharjah bank of millions of dollars, attacks on leading filmmakers involved in the murder of Bollywood music industry czar Gulshan Kumar in 1999, and the killings of Ajit Diwani and Pradeep Jain, both associated with the Hindi film industry.

In my view, Monica Bedi is innocent, and trusted Abu Salem because he helped her to get in movies. Abu Salem trapped her to forged documents and for acquiring fake passport. Once she was trapped, he made her slave and she follow his orders

Indian Govt. must consider this:

  1. Did Monica Bedi had any wrong doing history before meeting Abu Salem?
  2. Did Monica Bedi's parent in Norway or his uncle in India have any connection in terrorism?
  3. Did Monica Bedi went to India to become a movie Star only or other ambitions?

    If answer is positive of these questions, Indian govt. should use Monica as witness not a suspect. She will be very helpfull to get all information.


    NRIs always with you to stop terrorism!...............
    ..Gary Singh


Reader's Opinion:

 

  • I agreed Gary Singh's opinion. Very soon we will come to know the truth. If Monica is not married to Salem, not involve in terrism in Bombay with any intension, used her infront to secure forged pasport, NRIs must help her by media and finacial support to hire top lawyers.
    Keep in mind, these terrorist are spreading worldwide but they will loose this war in the long run if democratic Countries will get together. India is democratic and great Country by culture but they must improve their judicial system even with their own people.......Harman Choudhry, London

 

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Monica Bedi, who was extradited with Salem from Portugal by CBI on 11 November, was accused of procuring a forged passport from the state capital in 2001