long-absconding underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan was sent to judicial custody in Tihar jail by a Delhi court on Wednesday, a CBI official said.
“Special Judge OP Saini sent Chhota Rajan to judicial custody till December 3 after the CBI told him he was not required for further police custody,” sources said. The sources added that the court hearing took place at the CBI headquarters under tight security where the don was presented.
On November 16, the court had extended the CBI custody of Chhota Rajan till November 19. The fugitive don who arrived at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on November 6 in a special aircraft, accompanied by the CBI officers, and Mumbai and Delhi Police. Rajan is wanted for over 85 crimes, ranging from murder to extortion, smuggling and
drug trafficking. Apart from Maharashtra, he has cases against him in Delhi, UP, Gujarat and with the CBI.