Chhota Rajan arrested in Indonesia, deportation likely

Chhota Rajan, one of India's most wanted gangster, has been arrested in the tourist town of Bali, Indonesia on a Red Corner Notice issued by Interpol after eluding law enforcement agencies for over two decades.
The arrest was made on a tip off from Australian police that 55-year-old Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Mohan Kumar alias Chhota Rajan, the powerful aide-turned-rival of terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, has flown from Sydney to Bali, where he was arrested yesterday.
Once a close aide Dawood, Rajan parted ways after the 1993 Mumbai blasts and remained his fierce rival ever since and is wanted in about 20 murder cases.

CBI had issued a Red Corner Notice against him in July, 1995 on the request of Mumbai Police which was probing cases against him.
Rajan was arrested yesterday in Bali by a joint team of Australian and Indonesian police after arriving Sydney on a passport having the name of Mohan Kumar, agency sources said.
They said he had been hiding in Australia for seven years.

Government sources said India and Indonesia do not have extradition treaty and the don is likely to be deported this week. They said both the countries have signed a pact for repatriation of each other's wanted prisoners and cooperate in all criminal matters.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh and CBI Director Anil Sinha confirmed Rajan's arrest.
"Once identification and verification is done, appropriate action will be taken," Singh told reporters while thanking Interpol and the Indonesian authorities for their assistance in nabbing Rajan.
"At the request of CBI, the Bali Police has arrested an Indian national Mohan Kumar yesterday.
"Mohan Kumar alias Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan is a fugitive and CBI has been pursuing the matter with the Australian authorities," CBI spokesperson Devpreet Singh said.