TIA NEWS /
A special MCOCA court in Mumbai today granted CBI permission to interrogate gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with journalist J Dey murder case. Special Judge A L Pansare allowed CBI’s plea seeking nod to question the 54-year-old crime boss for 10 days starting January 27 before adjourning the case till February 5.
Rajan, who was produced via video link from Delhi’s Tihar Jail told the court that he has received the charge sheet and needs time to go through it. On January 7, the court had reprimanded Mumbai Police for not serving the copy of the charge sheet to Rajan.
Rajan was arrested at Bali airport in Indonesia on October 25 after he arrived from Australia, and was later deported to India. He is facing around 70 cases in Maharashtra, which includes the J Dey murder case. Maharashtra government has handed over all the cases against him to CBI.
Dey, a veteran crime reporter, was shot dead in suburban Powai by motor-cycle borne shooters on June 11, 2011 allegedly at the behest of Rajan.