IANS
MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 3
The Mumbai police was gearing itself to take charge of mafia don Rajendra S. Nikhalje, alias Chhota Rajan, who is likely to be brought here very soon, Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed said here on Tuesday.
Chhota Rajan, 55, was arrested by the Indonesian police on a request from India’s CBI in Bali on October 26 following a tip-off by the Australian Federal Police.
Javed told mediapersons that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is the nodal agency for InterPol in India, is finalizing the arrangements to bring back the mafia don who has been absconding from India for nearly two decades.
When asked about the possible date of bringing the absconder don to face Indian laws, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declined comment. Presently, the Indian authorities were busy making necessary arrangements in Indonesia to bring him back to the country from where he has been absconding since nearly two decades.
The mafia don made an embarrassing revelation on Monday in Indonesia that “certain Mumbai police officials are in league” with his arch-rival, the absconder don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, believed to be hiding in Pakistan. Claiming that he was “tortured” by the Mumbai Police in the past, Chhota Rajan demanded that he should be taken to New Delhi instead.
