Officials may head to Bali in two days to bring back Chhota Rajan

Security agencies are likely to send a team of officials in the next two days to bring back gangster Chhota Rajan from Indonesia, where he is in custody since Sunday.

The sources are tight-lipped about the exact arrangements to bring him back because of security concerns arising out of his fierce rivalry with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his gang. They said agencies are working on more than one plan to bring back 55-year-old Rajan, once known as Dawood’s right hand man, factoring various permutations and combinations.

When asked whether a team had already been dispatched to bring back Rajan, CBI sources did not reply but later said no details could be shared at this stage and everything would be done as per the law. 

Meanwhile, Rajan is believed to be living in Sydney on genuine documents issued to him there, but with fake details such as name, age and address.

Rajan was travelling with the identity of Mohan Kumar with passport number G9273860 when he was apprehended at the Bali airport, after arriving there on a Garuda Indonesia flight GA715, by the Indonesian Police on a tip off from Australian authorities, they said. Sources said Rajan was in touch with various police officials for the past six months seeking a passage to return to India as he feared for his life in Australia from Chhota Shakeel, a henchman of Dawood.

Asked how soon Rajan would be brought back to India from Indonesia, where he was arrested two days ago, Rijiju said the laws in Indonesia and India were different and both countries were exploring them. 

“We are exploring all provisions of law and bilateral agreement between India and Indonesia. The process is on to bring back Chhota Rajan to India soon,” Rijiju said.