Underworld don Chhota Rajan convicted in fake passport case

New Delhi: A court here on Monday convicted underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and others in a fake passport case.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal held Rajan guilty of possessing a fake passport.

The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court had earlier framed charges and put on trial the three retired public service personnel, who allegedly helped the gangster.

The charges against Rajan were framed for allegedly procuring a fake passport in the name of Mohan Kumar with the help of these three government officials.

The four accused have been charged for alleged offences under sections 420 (cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 467(forgery of valuable security or will), 419(cheating by impersonation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and section 12 (offences and penalties) of the Passport Act.

Gangster Rajan is currently lodged in Tihar Jail here and the other three accused are out on bail.