CBI to release Monica Bedis bank accounts

The CBI told the Bombay HC that it will defreeze the bank accounts of Monica Bedi,the Bollywood actor and former companion of gangster Abu Salem.

The CBI today told the Bombay High Court that it will defreeze the bank accounts of Monica Bedi,the Bollywood actor and former companion of gangster Abu Salem.

Bedi had moved the High Court to get the accounts released,arguing that she had been acquitted in all the cases filed by CBI,barring one case where an appeal is pending in the Supreme Court.

The High Court on November 19 asked CBI to explain why it has not released the bank accounts of Bedi.

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CBI had frozen her accounts in HDFC bank in suburban Andheri after she was extradited to India along with Salem from Portugal in 2005.

The cases filed against her by CBI mostly related to forgery of passport.

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