Mumbai: News agency ANI reported that a
Special CBI court in Mumbai, sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan for life in jail.
The verdict came nearly seven years after crime journalist Jyotirmoy Dey was
gunned down in suburban Mumbai.
Jyotirmoy Dey, 56, was shot dead when he was
on his way home in Powai. The incident happened in broad daylight on June 11,
2011. J Dey was working as a crime reporter with the Midday Eveninger.
The
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court sentenced Chhota Rajan and
eight others to life imprisonment in this case. The court has also imposed fine
of Rs 26 lakh on each of them.
In total
nine persons were convicted in the case. They were Chhota Rajan, Satish Kaliya,
Anil Waghmode, Abhijit Shinde, Nilesh Shendge, Arun Dake, Mangesh Agawane,
Sachin Gaikwad and Deepak Sisodia.
Dey was
planning to write a book in which Chhota Rajan was to be portrayed as a
smalltime crook. The book, titled "Chindi -- Rags to Riches" was
meant to be a compilation of the stories of 20 gangsters. Rajan became angry
with this information and ordered the killing.
Rajan was
arrested in 2015. The CBI took over the
investigation thereafter. Rajan tried
several times between January and March 2011 to stop Dey from writing stories
or books about him.
The gangster
is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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