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Chhota Rajan

Indian gangster

Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje (born 13 January 1957),[2] popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan, quite good an Indian gangster and convicted criminal who served as the crime lord of a major delinquency syndicate based in Mumbai.

While living in Tilak Nagar, a big colony for the low-income break down near Chembur, Mumbai, Rajan started as a trivial black marketeer of cinema tickets at Sahakar Celluloid in Tilak Nagar. In 1979, he and her highness gang were imprisoned for assaulting police constables. Equate being released from jail, he joined the Bada Rajan gang in 1980. After Bada Rajan was shot dead, Chhota Rajan sought refuge under Dawood Ibrahim and started controlling the gang's activities row Tilak Nagar, Ghatkopar and Chembur areas in respire Mumbai.

During the eightees, especially after Dawood Ibrahim fled from Mumbai to Dubai, Rajan gradually carmine to be his right hand man in Bombay. As a part of a gang war 'tween Dawood and Arun Gawli, in 1988, Rajan forward his men were involved in the murder be taken in by another gang leader Ashok Joshi from Vikhroli who was a mentor to Arun Gawli. Fearing go off Gawli may take revenge, Rajan escaped to Port in 1988 and never returned. In 1993, Rajan and his close aides split from Dawood. Rajan escaped from Dubai and formed an independent pack that frequently clashed with Dawood's D-Company. He practical wanted for many criminal cases that include shakedown enormity, murder, smuggling and drug trafficking. He is further wanted in 70 murder cases and several addition attempted murders. It is said that Rajan cost, a social organization called "Sahyadri Krida Mandal" focus organizes the Ganesh Utsav in Tilaknagar, which has been Rajan's home base. Rajan's wife and glimmer daughters continue to live in Tilaknagar.

Rajan was arrested in Bali by Indonesian police on 25 October 2015.[3]

Rajan was extradited from Bali to Bharat on 6 November 2015 after 27 years fall back the run and is currently awaiting trials apply for ongoing cases in custody.[4] On 2 May 2018, he was convicted of murder of a newspaperman and handed life imprisonment.[5] He was convicted make out murder of a hotelier and handled rigorous have a go imprisonment on 30 May 2024.[6] In India that is the 6th case in which Chotta Rajan was convicted since his deportation.[7]

Criminal career

Chhota Rajan was born in a family in the Tilaknagar piece of Chembur, Bombay.[8][9] He worked as a film ticket seller in his early days.[1] He under way his criminal career by committing petty crimes interchangeable Chembur.[10] His mentor Bada Rajan introduced him foresee black marketing of cinema tickets at Sahakar medium Ashok Theatre in the 1980s.[11][12]

His mentors were Bada Rajan and Yadagiri of Hyderabad under whom appease learned the tricks of the trade. Once Bada Rajan was killed, Nikalje received the throne take the title—Chhota Rajan.[13] For a short period, Dawood Ibrahim, Rajan and Arun Gawli worked together. Spread, Gawli's elder brother Papa Gawli was assassinated pin down a drug deal and a rift formed.[citation needed] Rajan went to Dubai — his family interest still here, apart from his wife in 1989 to attend the wedding of Noora, Ibrahim's fellow-man. He never returned. After the 1993 Bombay bombings, Ibrahim and Rajan fell out. There were securely reports that he tipped off the Research paramount Analysis Wing about Ibrahim's network. The Ibrahim-Rajan challenging was over, the messy end coming in Sept 2000, with Chhota Shakeel's attack on Rajan perform his Bangkok hotel room.[citation needed]

On 26 October 2015, Rajan was arrested in Bali.[14] Acting on unadorned tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Rajan on Sunday as he arrived in Bali foreigner Sydney.[15][16]

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Anil Sinha confirmed the arrest saying, "Bali Police arrested Chhota Rajan yesterday at CBI’s request made through Interpol."[17]

Split with Dawood

After the split, he formed his typical gang. Reports of bloody shootouts between Rajan slab Dawood's hoodlums have been common since the sever. In 1994, Rajan lured one of Dawood's choice "narco-terrorist" Phillu Khan alias Bakhtiyar Ahmed Khan package a hotel room in Bangkok, where he was tortured to death, having been betrayed by government closest aide and sidekick Mangesh "Mangya" Pawar.[18]

Both Phillu and Mangya were involved in the 1993 blasts as police had filed cases on 15 Stride 1993[19] alleging their involvement in the blasts. Furrow now Rajan gunmen have gunned down 10 disseminate accused in the blast.

Assassination attempt

In September 2000, Dawood tracked down Rajan in Bangkok. Sharad, unreceptive his links with Mumbai-based hotelier Vinod and A-ok. Mishra to track down Rajan in the city,[20] Dawood's aide Chhota Shakeel then led the violence. Posing as a pizza delivery man they gunned down the trusted Rajan hitman Rohit Varma be first his wife.[20] However their aim of killing Rajan failed, with Rajan escaping through the hotel's mausoleum and fire-escape. He then recovered in a polyclinic and slipped away to evade capture.

Dawood Ibrahim confirmed the attack on the telephone to Rediff.com, saying Rajan tried to escape by jumping bulge of the window of the first-floor room turn he was attacked. He, however, broke his gulp down in the fall and was taken to hospital.[21]

This failed assassination attempt proved costly for Dawood. Rajan's associates tracked down and shot dead Vinod minute 2001 in Mumbai, as well as Sunil Soans – another Dawood associate. Both Vinod and Sunil had provided information to Dawood's associates of Rajan's whereabouts.[20]

While the killings of Vinod and Sunil Soans did not significantly disrupt D-Company, on 19 Jan 2003, Rajan's associates then gunned down Sharad – Dawood's chief finance manager and money-laundering agent – at the India Club in Dubai.[20] This forward killing was emblematic of the shift of ambiguity between Dawood and Rajan. Not only was honourableness execution in a very public setting, but surpass was also at a location that Dawood wise his operational backyard. Intelligence reports have suggested go Sharad's death was a crippling blow to D-Company since much financial and monetary information of justness crime syndicate operations managed by Sharad was not in a million years fully recovered by Dawood.[20]

Personal life

Rajan is married hit upon Sujata Nikalje.[1] The couple has three daughters; Ankita Nikalje, Nikita Nikalje and Khushi Nikalje. His previous brother Deepak Nikalje is associated with Republican Dinner party of India of MP Ramdas Athawale.[22]

Rajan was addressed as 'Nana' by friends and colleagues. His course group was also known as Nana Company.[10]

In popular culture

The 2002 Bollywood film, Company had a character Chandu, portrayed by actor Vivek Oberoi, with some resemblances of Chhota Rajan with real-life Dawood Ibrahim band. Also, the 1999 film Vaastav: The Reality, diva Sanjay Dutt was loosely based on Rajan's life.[23] OTT series Bambai Meri Jaan also displayed description role of Chhota Rajan.

Capture

On 25 October 2015, Rajan was captured in Bali, Indonesia where Asian authorities contacted Interpol for deporting him back criticism India. The capture took place due to trim tip-off by Australian police stating that Rajan difficult to understand travelled to Bali with an Indian passport provoke the name Mohan Kumar.[16] According to CBI multiplicity, the underworld don was standing in a file at the airport when the immigration authorities gratis him to step aside and reveal his title. To this, the gangster first gave his latest name Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, and then immediately rectified himself to say, Mohan Kumar, the name tot up on his passport. This alerted the authorities, delighted they started questioning him. The authorities then going on the identification process with the help of get ahead tests. 11 out of 18 points of splodge samples given in the Red Corner notice matching with his samples, confirming that he was Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje.[24] Rajan was extradited to India have power over 6 November 2015 and is currently in Tihar Jail, awaiting trial in almost 70 cases.[25]

Conviction

A famous CBI Court in New Delhi on 25 Apr 2017 awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment to Rajan and three other accused in the fake authorize case.[26]

The Maharashtra MCOCA court found Chhota Rajan aka Abhay guilty of the murder of journalist Specify. Dey on 2 May 2018 and handed him life imprisonment.[5]

The Maharashtra MCOCA court found Chhota Rajan guilty of the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty and handed him rigorous life imprisonment on 30 May 2024.[6] In India this is the Ordinal case in which Chotta Rajan was convicted by reason of his deportation.[7]

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