Gangster Chhota Rajan gets 7 years in jail in fake passport case after 22-year legal battle
Gangster Chhota Rajan was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a special CBI court in Chennai on Thursday for securing an Indian passport under a fake identity using forged documents, the agency said. Rajan fraudulently secured a passport by assuming the identity of ‘Vijaya Kadam’ and submitting fake documents, including a school transfer certificate and a ration card, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Notorious criminal Chhota Rajan is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail and is already serving life imprisonment in several criminal cases. (ANI) “The convict, Chhota Rajan, is presently lodged in Tihar Jail, New Delhi, where he is already undergoing rigorous imprisonment for life,” a CBI spokesperson told PTI. Passport obtained using forged identity The CBI registered an FIR on March 19, 2002, alleging that Rajan had applied for and obtained a passport by submitting forged documents, thereby cheating the Regional Passport Office in Chennai. After investigating the case, the agency filed its chargesheet on January 22, 2004. “The investigation revealed that the accused, Chhota Rajan, applied for an Indian passport …



