Underworld don Abu Salem [Images], who was extradited from Portugal, was on Friday remanded in police custody till November 23 by a designated TADA court.

Salem was produced amidst tight security before the court hearing the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blast case, in which he is the prime accused.

He was produced before the designated judge of TADA (P) court P D Kode.

Salem, who was extradited early on Friday along with his girlfriend Monica Bedi [Images], was among the absconding accused of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.

The underworld don is wanted by the Mumbai police in 25 more cases, including Gulshan Kumar murder case and killing of Anil Dewani, secretary of film actress Manisha Koirala [Images] in Mumbai.

However, according to the CBI, Salem has been extradited to India in connection with eight cases which included the Mumbai serial blasts in 1993, two cases of passport forgery from Lucknow, three cases of extortion from Delhi and another murder case from the metropolitan.