NEW DELHI: The CBI has taken over the probe into an attempt to kill a veteran journalist in 1997 and three other fresh cases allegedly involving jailed gangster Chhota Rajan, officials said on Wednesday.
Baljeet Shersingh Parmar, a noted crime reporter in Mumbai, was severely injured after motorcycle borne shooters of Rajan allegedly attacked him outside a building at Antop Hill on June 12, 1997, they said.
The agency has taken over the Mumbai police FIR in the case filed under IPC sections related to attempt to murder, they said.
The agency has registered two more cases of extortion by alleged gang members of Rajan and one case related to issuing threats to life, the officials said. (AGENCIES)
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