Chhota Rajan, three others convicted in fake passport case

A Delhi court on Monday convicted noted gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan and three others in a fake passport case.

Rajan had allegedly procured a fake passport in the name of Mohan Kumar with the help of three government officials- Jayashree Dattatray Rahate, Deepak Natvarlal Shah and Lalitha Lakshmanan- working at Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bangalore.

The court will on Tuesday hear arguments on the quantum of sentence to be awarded to the convicts. The Central Bureau of Investigation had alleged that during 1998-1999, accused Chhota Rajan entered into criminal conspiracy with Rahate, Shah and Laxmanan to fraudulently procure an Indian passport in the fictitious name of Mohan Kumar, on the basis of fake and fabricated documents so as to conceal his identity. HTC