Rajan's arrest is exaggerated beyond proportion: Y. P. Singh

Former IPS officer Y. P. Singh on Friday said the arrest of underworld don Chhota Rajan is a routine step which is being exaggerated beyond proportion Singh said Chhota Rajan is now not a very formidable entity and added that his gang has become weak over the decades.

"His gang has been disintegrated, most of the people have been arrested or they have left the gang and many of them have been killed in encounters. So, when a weak and shattered person is arrested and put forward for trial in cases, which are routine cases of the underworld and not linked to terrorism. So, I do not think that bringing of Chhota Rajan is very very monumental in nature which the government feels, it is purely a routine step which is being exaggerated beyond proportion," Singh told ANI here.

The former top cop also welcomed the decision to shift Rajan's case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

"The cases are handed over to CBI under very very strict conditions. The first condition is that the state government is indulging in nepotism, favoritism in order to save an accused then the case is handed over or the case is so difficult that it is not possible for the state police to handle it," said Singh.

"These circumstances do not exist in the Chhota Rajan matter. The cases are simple, most of them have been investigated, are under trial. They have not been any complains that police have been favoring Chhota Rajan and the entire set up of the officers now, they are new and absolutely clear and efficient officers who are good ," he added.

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Rajan, who was brought to New Delhi this morning in a special aircraft after being deported from Indonesia, is currently under the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Interpol.

In a surprise move, the Maharashtra Government has transferred all cases related to the gangster to the CBI.

Rajan is wanted for over 70 cases of murder, extortion and drug trafficking in Mumbai, the most prominent among them being the case related to the murder of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey and Pakmodia Street firing case.