Gangster Chhota Rajan, who was admitted at AIIMS here for treatment after he had tested positive for COVID-19, was taken back to Tihar jail on Tuesday following his recovery from illness, officials said. Chhota Rajan was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital on April 26 after he tested positive Covid. According to a senior police officer, Rajan was brought back to Tihar on Tuesday as he had recovered. ''News of death of Tihar jail inmate Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje @ Chhota Rajan s/o Sadashiv Nikalje is wrong,'' Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel had said. Rajan is facing as many as 70 criminal cases pertaining to extortion and murder in Mumbai.

Source: Mint May 11, 2021 14:30 UTC