New Delhi: Gangster Chhota Rajan alias Rajendra Nikhalje has been taken to Bali airport after his deportation to India was delayed by couple of days due to volcanic eruption in Indonesia. He was taken out from Denpasar police station and is on his way to the airport.
While speaking to the media Rajan said, "I am happy" when asked about his deportation to India. Special commando forces and bullet proof vehicle has been deployed to Bring Rajan from the airport.
A special team of CBI and Mumbai police is in Bali to oversee the deportation and bring Rajan to India.
The 55-year-old underworld don was arrested in the popular tourist town of Bali on his arrival from Australia on October 25 on the basis of a Red Corner Notice from Interpol and following a tip off by Australian authorities to the police in Indonesia.
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.
Delhi Police has six cases registered against Rajan, who was a close aide of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim at one point but split before the 1993 Mumbai blasts were conspired.