CBI takes over probe in 5 cases against Chhota Rajan; his mentor figures as accused

NEW DELHI: The CBI has taken up five new cases against gangster Chhota Rajan, with two of them pertaining to his initial days as alleged small-time bootlegger working for his mentor Rajan Nair over 36 years ago, officials said on Tuesday.

In one of the cases of 1980, his godfather Nair aka Bada Rajan is also named as accused with him, while another relates to his ‘filmy’ car chase by police in 1983 in which he had injured two policemen who attempted to catch him, they said.

The other three cases are pertaining to abduction and extortion allegedly committed by his gang members on his orders in late 90s and early 2000s. (AGENCIES)