Chhota Rajan

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in the case of murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001. Special judge for cases under the Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), AM Patil, held Rajan guilty under the Indian Penal Code provisions for murder. Jaya Shetty owned the Golden Crown Hotel at Gamdevi in central Mumbai. Shetty was shot dead by two alleged members of Rajan's gang on the hotel's first floor on May 4, 2001. The court's detailed order was not yet available. Police had registered the murder case based on a complaint filed by the hotel manager. A probe into the case indicated Shetty had received extortion calls from Hemant Pujari, a member of the Chhota Rajan gang, and was killed because of his failure to pay the money. As there have been a number of cases filed against Rajan for extortion and related offences, charges under the stringent MCOCA were also added against him and other accused in the case of

A special CBI court here on Thursday acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan and three others in a 2009 double murder case. Special judge A M Patil acquitted them for lack of evidence, holding that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond "reasonable doubt". It also could not prove the conspiracy connected to Rajan, the judge added. The others who were acquitted are Mohmmad Ali Sheikh, Umaid Shaikh and Pranay Rane. As per the prosecution, in July 2009 Sahid Gulam Hussain, alias Chhote Miya was shot by two men on the footpath in Nagpada area of south Mumbai. While escaping from the spot, the assailants also shot three others. Chhote Miyan and Sayeed Arshad succumbed to their injuries. During investigation, police arrested Rane, who allegedly disclosed the roles of the other accused. Rajan, however, will not walk out of prison as he is facing trials in several other cases. He has been convicted in the journalist J Dey murder case. He is lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail since his depo

Rajan is lodged at a high-security prison since his arrest upon his deportation from Bali in Indonesia in 2015.

A former aide of gangster Chhota Rajan was nabbed from Gujarat by the Maharashtra Housing Board (MHB) police in connection with an assault on two lawyers in suburban Dahisar

Gangster Chhota Rajan, who was admitted at AIIMS here for treatment after he had tested positive for Covid-19, was taken back to Tihar jail on Tuesday following his recovery from illness

The Tihar Jail administration on Friday said that the news of gangster Chhota Rajan's death is "wrong".

A special MCOCA court in Mumbai on Tuesday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to 10 years in jail for a firing incident in suburban Malad in 2013.

The Kanpur postal department has ordered an inquiry after stamps featuring underworld don Chhota Rajan and gangster Munna Bajrangi were issued by the main post office in the city

Other persons who have been convicted are 3 retired government servants

Gangster Rajan is currently lodged in Tihar Jail here and the other three accused are out on bail

The gangster is in custody following his deportation from Indonesia in 2015

Lalitha Lakshmanan said in her plea that the incident in question occured in 1998-99 and hence the trial court in Delhi does not have jurisdiction to try the case

The four accused had allegedly planned to eliminate Rajan while the don is taken to court for hearing

The chargesheet has been filed under Sections 120, 419, 420, 468, 471 and Prevention of Corruption Act (1988) of the Indian Penal Code

CBI also alleged that Rajan's application for the passport was not genuine but public servants ignored all flaws in it

Agency takes over investigation in alleged attempt to murder of builder Ajay Gosalia and Arshad Shekh in 2013

Maharashtra authorities have referred to CBI over 70 cases in which involvement of Rajan is suspected