Tag: Chhota Rajan

Karnataka Police arrests wanted Chhota Rajan gang member from Mumbai

On a tip-off, the Mangaluru police headed to Mumbai and found that the accused had changed his identity and was working as a vegetable vendor in Andheri.

July 16, 2021

Underworld don Ravi Pujari arrested in South Africa likely to reach India tomorrow

As reported by news agency PTI, Pujari was deported to Senegal in West Africa following his arrest and later extradited.

February 23, 2020

Former Dawood, Chhota Rajan affiliate Ejaz Lakdawala arrested by Mumbai Police in Patna

Lakdawala started his career in the field of crime with D-Company in the 1980s. Later around 1992, he parted ways and joined his arch-rival Chhota Rajan and worked with him for over 18 years.

January 9, 2020

Maharashtra Assembly polls: Chhota Rajan’s brother replaced as election candidate

Instead of Deepak Nikalje, local leader Digambar Agawane will contest from the seat, senior RPI leader and Maharashtra minister Avinash Mahatekar said.

October 4, 2019

Chhota Rajan, seven others get jail for life in journalist J Dey murder case

Dey, 56, was the Editor (Investigations) of Mid Day eveninger, and was shot dead on 11 June 2011, near his Powai residence in central suburban Mumbai, sending shockwaves in the media circles across the country.

May 2, 2018

Journalist J Dey murder case: Court likely to pronounce judgment today

Nearly seven years after journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was gunned down in suburban Mumbai, a special court is likely to pronounce its verdict in the sensational case on Wednesday. A special MCOCA court in Mumbai had on 3 April reserved May 2 for the judgment in the case in which gangster mafia don Rajendra S Nikhalje...

May 2, 2018

Chhota Rajan’s brother Deepak Nikalje booked for rape

A case has been registered against Deepak Nikalje, the brother of jailed gangster Chhota Rajan, for alleged rape and sexual harassment based on the complaint of a 22-year-old woman, police said on Monday. Officials said that the woman, who used to reside in Siddharth Colony in suburban Chembur, in her complaint yesterday, alleged that Nikalje...

March 19, 2018

Chhota Rajan sentenced to seven years in jail

A CBI court here on Tuesday sentenced underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan to seven years in jail for holding a fake passport. It is the first case in which Rajan, who is facing nearly 85 cases, was found guilty. Besides Chhota Rajan, others convicted by Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal...

April 25, 2017

Chhota Rajan held guilty in fake passport case

Gangster Chhota Rajan and three retired public servants were on Monday held guilty by a special court in a fake passport case. Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal convicted Rajan for offences including forgery of valuable security under the IPC which entails a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Besides him, the other persons who have been...

April 24, 2017

Verdict in Chhota Rajan’s fake passport case on April 12

A court here on Tuesday reserved its order in a fake passport case against underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and others. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal said it will either pronounce verdict in the case or seek clarification, if required, on April 12, the next date fixed...

March 28, 2017

Verdict in Chhota Rajan’s fake passport case on April 12

A court here on Tuesday reserved its order in a fake passport case against underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and others. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal said it will either pronounce verdict in the case or seek clarification, if required, on April 12, the next date fixed...

March 28, 2017

Verdict in Chhota Rajan’s fake passport case on Feb 10

A special court on Saturday reserved its judgement for next month in a fake passport case allegedly involving gangster Chhota Rajan and three others after hearing final arguments on the issue a day before. Special Judge Vinod Kumar fixed the case for pronouncement of verdict observing that the Delhi High Court had recently rejected a...

January 29, 2017