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Release of Romesh Sharma ordered

NEW DELHI, June 1 (PTI) — Romesh Sharma, alleged frontman of Dubai-based underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was today ordered to be released unconditionally by a Delhi court in a CBI case relating to fraudulent procurement of passport for Dawood’s mother to help her flee the country soon after the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) RK Gauba ordered Sharma’s immediate and unconditional release following the CBI’s submission that the evidence collected during the probe so far did not establish his complicity in the case.

But Sharma would continue to be lodged in Tihar jail as he is in judicial custody in several other cases.

The CMM, however, made it clear that the CBI was at liberty to arrest Sharma again with prior permission of the court in the event of fresh evidence coming to light against him.

The court took cognisance against Arvind Kumar Bali, the only accused, the CBI did not seek extension of Sharma’s remand leaving the court with no option but to order his release.