The special court here today directed CBI to file a progress report in connection with journalist J Dey murder case of 2011 and adjourned the hearing to March 14.
Special judge for CBI cases S S Adkar sought the progress report saying it will help the court know how much more time CBI would need to complete the probe.
Meanwhile, deported gangster Chhota Rajan's lawyer today told the court that Rajan was shown as 'absonding' in 68 cases in the state and he should be taken into custody in all the cases as non-bailable warrants against him were pending in these cases.
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Dey, a veteran crime reporter, was shot dead in suburban Powai by motor-cycle borne assailants on June 11, 2011, allegedly at the behest of Rajan. Rajan was allegedly peeved with Dey over some articles written by the latter.
Rajan is facing around 70 cases in Maharashtra, including the J Dey murder case. Maharashtra government has handed all these cases to CBI.
Advocate Avinash Khamkhedkar, Rajan's lawyer, also told the court that Rajan had given his voice sample to CBI (for the purpose of probe).
Rajan was deported to India after his arrest at Bali airport in Indonesia on October 25 last year.
The first charge-sheet named Satiah Kaliya, Abhijeet Shinde, Arun Dake, Sachin Gaikwad, Anil Waghmode, Nilesh Shendge, Mangesh Agawane, Vinod Asrani, Paulson Joseph and Deepak Sisodia as (arrested) accused. Another charge-sheet was filed in 2012 against journalist Jigna Vora who had allegedly instigated Rajan owing to her professional rivalry with Dey.
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The CBI sources had said these officers had allegedly ignored rules and regulations of verification while issuing the passport on fake identity and address.
CBI claimed that on the basis of passport issued in Kumar's name, Rajan had allegedly got another passport issued on December 19, 2003 from High commission of India at Harare, Zimbabwe, and another one from the Consulate General of India in Sydney.
Deported after being on the run for 27 years, the 55-year old gangster, who was once a close aide of fugitive terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was brought to India to face trial in over 70 cases of murder, extortion and drug smuggling in Delhi and Mumbai.
Rajan was deported to India after his arrest in Bali in October last year.
