Chhota Rajan Sentenced by CBI Court in Chennai to Seven Years of Rigorous Imprisonment
The court found he used forged documents and a false identity to obtain an Indian passport, and also imposed a Rs 55,000 fine.
- On Thursday, a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Chennai convicted gangster Chhota Rajan of passport fraud, sentencing him to seven years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 55,000.
- The central agency registered a First Information Report against Rajan on March 19, 2002, after investigators found he impersonated 'Vijaya Kadam' to fraudulently secure the passport using forged identity documents.
- Following the probe, the CBI filed a chargesheet on January 22, 2004, charging Rajan with cheating, forgery, and personation for knowingly submitting falsified documents to the Regional Passport Office in Chennai.
- Rajan remains imprisoned in Delhi's Tihar Jail serving a life sentence for the 2001 murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty, having absconded for 27 years before his eventual capture and conviction.
- The gangster filed an appeal in the high court against this latest conviction, though he remains in custody; the court noted he faced convictions in four separate cases during his criminal career.
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Chhota Rajan sentenced by CBI court in Chennai to seven years of rigorous imprisonment
Notorious Mumbai underworld don, currently serving a life sentence in another case at Delhi’s Tihar Jail, is held guilty by a special CBI court of cheating, forgery, personation, and knowingly submitting forged documents to obtain an Indian passport
Chhota Rajan convicted as CBI court sentences him to 7 years in fake passport case; here's what the probe revealed
A special CBI court in Chennai sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to seven years for obtaining a passport with forged documents. The conviction followed 22 years of legal proceedings, confirming he used the identity of Vijaya Kadam to secure the passport.
Gangster Chota Rajan Gets 7 Years In Jail In Passport Forgery Case
The agency began its probe on March 19, 2002, after registering an FIR on the allegations that the accused applied for and obtained a passport by submitting forged documents, thereby cheating the Regional Passport Office, Chennai.
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