Underworld don Chhota Rajan brought to India

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Indian fugitive Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, known in India as "Chotta Rajan," center, is escorted by plain-clothed police officers for questioning in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Oct 29, 2015. The alleged organized crime boss, wanted for alleged involvement in several mafia killings and other major crimes in his homeland, was arrested Sunday after arriving at Bali's airport from Sydney based on information from Interpol and Australian authorities. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

New Delhi, Nov 6: Underworld don Chhota Rajan was brought here early Friday morning from Indonesia by a joint team headed by CBI officials for facing trial in various criminal cases registered against him in Delhi and Mumbai.

The 55-year-old gangster, whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, will be kept in the national capital where he will be questioned by sleuths of various investigating agencies as he has been making claims of having further evidence to nail India’s most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and his links with Pakistan’s snooping agency ISI.

Immediately after his arrival here in an Indian Air Force Gulfstream-III aircraft from Indonesia’s Bali, Rajan, who is considered as a ‘friendly don’ as he reportedly tipped Indian security agencies about the movement of Dawood and his aides, was whisked away to an undisclosed location under tight security.

Ahead of his arrival in India, Maharashtra government made a surprise announcement of handing over all the cases related to the underworld don to the CBI as the agency had expertise in handling such cases. This move comes barely a few days after the state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had been making claims that Rajan will be brought only to Mumbai.

 

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