Underworld Don Chhota Rajan Dies Due to COVID-19

NEW DELHI:

Chhota Rajan Death: Underworld don Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan has died due to COVID-19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, reports said on May 7. Rajan, 62, was admitted to the premiere hospital on April 26 after he was confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus infection.

Rajan's admission to the AIIMS was confirmed on April 26 after the assistant jailer at Tihar telephonically informed the session court that they could not produce Rajan via video conference before the judge as has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been taken to the hospital.

The gangster was lodged in the high-security Tihar jail since his extradition from Indonesia back in 2015.

Rajan was facing around 70 criminal cases pertaining to extortion and murder in Mumbai which were transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A special court was constituted to try them.