Gangster Chhota Rajan succumbs to COVD-19 at AIIMS in Delhi, say reports
Chhota Rajan, 61, had been in the high security Tihar jail in Delhi since his arrest in 2015 after deportation from Bali, Indonesia.
FollowUnderworld don Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan, who tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS) New Delhi, has succumbed to the disease at the hospital today, reports NDTV, citing unidentified officials. He was admitted to the hospital in the last week of April.
Chhota Rajan, 61, had been in the high security Tihar jail in Delhi since his arrest in 2015 after deportation from Bali, Indonesia.
Chhota Rajan was facing around 70 criminal cases pertaining to extortion and murder in Mumbai. All the cases were transferred to the CBI and a special court was constituted to try them.
In 2018, Chhota Rajan was convicted and sentenced to a life term in the 2011 murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
Last month, he could not be produced via video before the sessions court because of Covid-19.
Last month, a special CBI court in Mumbai had acquitted Rajan and his aide in connection with the murder of Hanif Kadawala who was an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.
Chhota Rajan was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail on March 16 this year in the case of attempt to murder of a Mumbai-based builder in 2013. Rajan and six of his gang members including Rohit Joseph alias Satish Kaliya and shooter Prakash Nikam were also found guilty under various sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
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