Chhota Rajan’s aides making a move?

Mumbai: Over seven years after his deportation from Indonesia, subsequent arrest and conviction, gangster Chhota Rajan is back in the news with his name featuring in two recent cases. The arrests came a day after a Chembur-based real estate agent was arrested for cutting a cake with Chhota Rajan’s picture to celebrate the gangster’s birthday on January 13. Crime branch officers suspect that the people associated with Chhota Rajan gang from western suburbs are trying to take advantage of the fact that some local henchmen of Dawood’s gang had been arrested, especially in view of construction and redevelopment in the area. A senior crime branch officer said, “It appears that Rajan’s supporters are trying to use his name to get monetary benefits as redevelopment and construction works are underway on a large scale in Malad East.” “Perhaps that is the reason why suddenly Chhota Rajan’s banner cropped up in Kurar,” the officer added. We also registered a case in the matter and added the section for promoting enmity between two groups under the Indian Penal Code.” Even as the police were investigating the matter, they were approached by an imitation jewellery businessman from Kurar, who filed a complaint saying that members of Chhota Rajan Samajik Sanstha had tried to extort money from him in the name of donations for the tournament.