Chhota Rajan and three others awarded seven-year jail term in fake passport case
The bench also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on each of the accused.
Gangster Chhota Rajan and three former government officials were awarded seven-year jail term by a Delhi court in a fake passport case on Tuesday, reported ANI. The court has also imposed Rs 15,000 fine on each of the accused.
On Monday, the court had convicted Rajan in the case, and held the officials guilty of helping him get the fake document. Rajan got a fake passport under the name Mohan Kumar from Bengaluru in 1998-1999, the CBI had said in its chargesheet filed in February 2016. The court had framed charges against the accused in June 2016.
“He [Rajan] was accused in several cases of heinous nature, involving charges of murder and extortion,” the prosecution had told the court. “In 1995, a Red Corner Notice was issued against him, therefore, he used a new identity to escape.”
Rajan has 85 cases of murder, extortion, smuggling and drug trafficking against him in various states and cities across the country. He is now lodged in Tihar Jail. He was arrested by the Indonesian police on October 25, 2015 and handed over to Indian authorities on November 6 that year.