Security agencies have decided to bring gangster Chhota Rajan to the national Capital with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) keeping him in custody for the initial period before a police force is allowed to take him for investigations.
Sources said it has been decided that Rajan will not be taken directly to Mumbai from Indonesia, where he was arrested last week. Security arrangements are being beefed up at the agency headquarters, where Rajan is likely to be kept, with regular security drills being carried out to identify any possible loophole in the security apparatus, they said.
Sources said the decision to bring Rajan was taken during meetings of various stakeholders, including the CBI, central security agencies and Delhi and Mumbai Police.
On Tuesday, too, a meeting of senior officials of the Delhi Police Special Cell and the CBI took place, they said adding that during the one-hour-long meeting, various aspects related to the transport and security of Rajan were discussed.
They said the agency team is waiting for the first available window to bring back the ganglord as ash cloud arising of volcano eruptions near Bali have halted flight operations from Indonesia. Sources said as soon as the flight operations start, the team will move out with Rajan.
Rajan, who was arrested in Bali on his arrival from Australia on October 25, is wanted in over 75 crimes ranging from murder, extortion to smuggling and drug trafficking.