Ahead of his return, The Maharashtra Government on Thursday handed over all the cases against underworld don Chhota Rajan to CBI.
Additional Chief Secretary KP Bakshi told reporters at a hurriedly-called press conference that all the cases against 55-year old Rajan, who has been deported from Indonesia, are being transferred to CBI because of its expertise in “handling transnational crimes”.
Though there was no official word on it, sources said the don had struck a deal with central security agencies under which all cases against him would be taken out of Maharashtra Police and that he would be lodged outside the State.
Mumbai Police has nearly 70 cases registered against Rajan, including 20 of murder, four cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, one under Prevention of Terrorism Act and over 20 cases under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.