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Chhota Rajan gang member on the run for 16 years arrested in Mumbai

“A member of the Chhota Rajan gang, who was absconding in an attempt to murder case for 16 years, has been apprehended from the eastern suburbs in Mumbai,” police said on Friday. “A team from the Deonar police station nabbed the accused, Vilas Balaram Pawar alias Raju, in the Chembur area on Thursday evening,” an official said. “The accused had …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Chhota Rajan gang member, wanted for murder, arrested after 32 years on the run

India Today

A dreaded gangster, member of the Chhota Rajan gang, was captured on Friday by the Mumbai Police, 32 years after being on the run. A case of firing and murder was registered at the Dadar police station back then. He was also wanted in a murder case and in a separate case registered at the Alibaug police station. A member …

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2 months ago

High Court questions 18-year delay in hearing gangster Chhota Rajan's wife's plea

India Today

The Bombay High Court on Monday expressed concern over the prolonged pendency of a plea filed by Sujata Nikalje, wife of gangster Chhota Rajan, challenging her alleged illegal arrest by Mumbai Police in 2005. The plea stems from Nikalje's arrest on December 14, 2005, when crime branch officers detained from Mumbai's eastern suburbs and took her to the crime branch …

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2 months ago

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: October 2024

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7 months, 1 week ago

Mumbai Court Sentences Gangster Chhota Rajan To Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Hotelier Jaya Shetty In 2001, Fines Rs 16 Lakh

Live Law

A special MCOCA court in Mumbai has sentenced gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, also known as Chhota Rajan, to life imprisonment for the 2001 murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty. Under Sections 3, 3, and 3 of the MCOCA, Rajan received life sentences with fines of Rs. It was the prosecution's case that victim Jaya Shetty, owner of the Golden Crown hotel …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Jaya Shetty murder: How CBI used gang insider to nail Chhota Rajan

Hindustan Times

The Central Bureau of Investigation 's team, which investigated the murder of city hotelier Jaya Sesu Shetty in May 2001 allegedly by members of the gang led by gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, also known as Chhota Rajan, had traced and examined several reliable witnesses in the case, including a former gang member, to strengthen its case against the accused, agency …

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7 months, 1 week ago

23 years on, Chhota Rajan convicted for hotelier Jaya Shetty’s murder

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Thursday convicted gangster Chhota Rajan for his role in the 2001 murder of restaurateur Jaya Shetty. Chhota Rajan Chhota Rajan, who has been in jail in Delhi since his return to India in 2015, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Shetty’s murder. Besides these two cases Chhota Rajan has …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in hotelier’s murder case

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to life imprisonment in the 2001 murder case of a Mumbai hotelier. Mumbai Police had filed a charge-sheet before the Special MCOCA Court against three accused persons — Ajay Suresh Mohite alias Ajay Nepali alias Chickna, Pramod alias Bala Ramesh Donde and Rahul Pansare. In the said charge-sheet, four accused …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Gangster Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in 2001 case of murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty

The Hindu

A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court in Mumbai on Thursday sentenced underworld gangster Chhota Rajan to rigorous life imprisonment in the case pertaining to the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001. The court also found Rajan and four others guilty of conspiring to kill Shetty, who was the owner of four restaurants in Mumbai, including …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

New twist in Porsche crash: Pune teen, father claim family driver was behind the wheel

Hindustan Times

In a dramatic turn of events in the high-profile Pune crash case, the 17-year-old boy, accused of driving the Porsche that collided with a motorbike and killed two people, has now reportedly claimed that his family driver was behind the wheel during the accident. Early on Sunday morning, a 17-year-old boy, who was reportedly inebriated, was driving a Porsche sports …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

First photo of Chhota Rajan emerges from Tihar Jail nine years after arrest

Live Mint

Rumours about the demise of underworld don Chhota Rajan were put to rest on Monday as photos emerged from Tihar jail for the first time in nine years. Rajan spent nearly three decades on the run prior to his arrest and is believed to have been the former right-hand man of Dawood Ibrahim. A photo of the gangster a seemingly …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhota Rajan alive? Underworld don's photo released, first in 9 years

Hindustan Times

The first photograph of underworld don Chhota Rajan since his arrest nine years ago surfaced on social media, dismissing the rumours of his death or ill-health while lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail, reported The Times of India. Chhota Rajan was arrested at the Bali airport and extradited to India in 2015 and has since been lodged in Tihar's Jail no. …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhota Rajan's rare appearance: Emerges from Delhi's Tihar jail 9 years after arrest

India TV News

Recent photographs of Chhota Rajan, a notorious underworld don, have captured public attention. From Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje to Chhota Rajan Born Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje, Chhota Rajan's journey from the streets of Mumbai to the organized crime world is a story of intrigue and infamy. Initially involved in petty crimes like selling black market movie tickets, Rajan first entered the world …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Pradeep Sharma, ex-Mumbai Police officer who killed 112 gangsters?

Hindustan Times

Pradeep Sharma, former Mumbai Police encounter specialist, on Tuesday was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Bombay high court for the killing of Chhota Rajan gang member Ramnarayan Gupta aka Lakhan Bhaiyya in an alleged fake encounter in 2006. Here are five things to know about Pradeep Sharma, who was dreaded by gangsters during his stint with the Mumbai Police, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Who is ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma?

Hindustan Times

Former police officer Pradeep Sharma is the last of the Mumbai police's “encounter specialists” and is believed to have gunned down around 112 criminals, including several members of the Chhota Rajan gang, in the decade from around 1994 to 2004 – a period when Mumbai police officials were given a free hand to wipe out the organised crime syndicates which …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Datta Samant murder: Rajan acquitted for lack of evidence

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: 26 years ago, trade union leader Datta Samant, whose call for a strike of Bombay’s 2,50,000 mill workers broke the back of the city’s textile industry, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants. In the first set of trial in July 2000, the sessions court convicted the three actual assailants -- Arun Ananda Londhe, Vijay Ramchandra Thopate, and Ganpat Bhikaji …

Trial Court Union Cbi Patil Samant Rajan

1 year, 6 months ago

In 2003, Khan Mubarak killed an umpire during cricket match in Prayagraj

Hindustan Times

Gangster Khan Mubarak who breathed his last at the Hardoi district hospital on Monday, created ripples in the sleepy town way back in 2003 when he killed an umpire hereduring a cricket match. Locals in South Malaka, where he used to live on rent in a lodge, said that Khan Mubarak was fluent in English and was passionate for good …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Who was Khan Mubarak? Underworld don Chhota Rajan’s aide dies during treatment

Live Mint

Police have confirmed that Khan Mubarak, an associate of underworld don Chhota Rajan, has passed away while receiving medical treatment at the Hardoi district hospital within an hour of being shifted from the district jail, on Monday. He was among the top 10 criminals in Uttar Pradesh and had been implicated in extortion cases worth crores of rupees, as well …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Scoop: Murder Of A Crime Reporter In Mumbai

ABP News

On the morning of June 12, 2011, veteran journalist J Dey and I had planned to have tea at his Ghatkopar home. Despite not being adept at reviewing movies or web series, I felt compelled to write this piece after numerous friends from the media fraternity and the Mumbai Police sought my perspective on "Scoop", the web series based on …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Netflix's Scoop: Who is Jyotirmoy Dey, the crime reporter who got murdered?

Firstpost

Hansal Mehta and Netflix’s Scoop is a gaze at the sensationalism that has crept in in the world of journalism and simultaneously an account of the arrest of journalist Jigna Vora, who was the one of the prime accused in the assassination of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. The police alleged that Vora had supplied address and licence plate number of …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Chhota Rajan’s aides making a move?

Hindustan Times

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 …

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2 years ago

No evidence to show Chhota Rajan is called Nana, CBI court while discharging him in 23-yr-old case

India Today

A special court in Mumbai has discharged underworld don Chhota Rajan alias Rajendra Nikalje in the case of the alleged murder of a henchman of underworld fugitive Dawood Ibrahim in 1999. READ | 'Prosecution failed to prove 2009 Nagpada shootout conspiracy was hatched at Chhota Rajan's behest' After the shootout, Shah registered the case against eight accused, namely Jagdeepsingh Atra …

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2 years, 7 months ago

From Choksi to Moose Wala’s Alleged Killer, 6 Recent Interpol Red Corner Notices Issued at India’s Request

News 18

The investigation into Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s death took international proportions this week with the Interpol issuing a Red Corner Notice against Satinderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar who claimed responsibility for the Congress leader’s assassination. Here’s a look at the most prominent and recent names against whom Red Corner Notices were issued at India’s behest: Bannanje Raja Gangster Rajendra …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Not a common criminal: CBI urges Bombay HC to not grant bail to Chhota Rajan

India Today

The Central Bureau of Investigation opposed Chhota Rajan's bail plea in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, saying that he is not a common criminal and that his case cannot be set at par with others. Special Public Prosecutor Pardeep Gharat told a single bench presided over by Justice Anuja Prabhudesai that Chhota Rajan had multiple cases pending against him. …

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Chhota Rajan gang member on the run for 16 years arrested in Mumbai

Chhota Rajan gang member, wanted for murder, arrested after 32 years on the run

High Court questions 18-year delay in hearing gangster Chhota Rajan's wife's plea

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: October 2024

Mumbai Court Sentences Gangster Chhota Rajan To Life Imprisonment For Murder Of Hotelier Jaya Shetty In 2001, Fines Rs 16 Lakh

Jaya Shetty murder: How CBI used gang insider to nail Chhota Rajan

23 years on, Chhota Rajan convicted for hotelier Jaya Shetty’s murder

Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in hotelier’s murder case

Gangster Chhota Rajan gets life sentence in 2001 case of murder of Mumbai hotelier Jaya Shetty

New twist in Porsche crash: Pune teen, father claim family driver was behind the wheel

First photo of Chhota Rajan emerges from Tihar Jail nine years after arrest

Chhota Rajan alive? Underworld don's photo released, first in 9 years

Chhota Rajan's rare appearance: Emerges from Delhi's Tihar jail 9 years after arrest

Who is Pradeep Sharma, ex-Mumbai Police officer who killed 112 gangsters?

Who is ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma?

Datta Samant murder: Rajan acquitted for lack of evidence

In 2003, Khan Mubarak killed an umpire during cricket match in Prayagraj

Who was Khan Mubarak? Underworld don Chhota Rajan’s aide dies during treatment

Scoop: Murder Of A Crime Reporter In Mumbai

Netflix's Scoop: Who is Jyotirmoy Dey, the crime reporter who got murdered?

Chhota Rajan’s aides making a move?

No evidence to show Chhota Rajan is called Nana, CBI court while discharging him in 23-yr-old case

From Choksi to Moose Wala’s Alleged Killer, 6 Recent Interpol Red Corner Notices Issued at India’s Request

Not a common criminal: CBI urges Bombay HC to not grant bail to Chhota Rajan