Chota Rajan
| Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje | |
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Chotta Rajan
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| Born | Ashti, Beed, Maharashtra |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Smuggler, mobster |
| Criminal status | Arrested in 2015 |
| Spouse(s) | Sujata Nikalje |
| Children | Khushi Nikalje, Ankita Nikalje, Nikita Nikalje |
Chhota Rajan (Junior Rajan) is the boss of a major crime syndicate based in India. He was a former key aide and lieutenant of Sunil. Rajan Starting as a petty thief and bootlegger working for Rajan Nair, also known as Bada Rajan (Big Rajan), Chhota Rajan took over the reins of Bada Rajan's gang after Bada Rajan's murder. Later, he was affiliated with and operated at the behest of Dawood in Mumbai and eventually fled India to Dubai in 1988. He is wanted for many criminal cases that include extortion, murder, smuggling, drug trafficking and film finance. His brother is said to produce films financed by Rajan. He is also wanted in 17 murder cases and several more attempted murders. Chhota Rajan was arrested in Bali by Indonesian police on 25 October 2015. He was extradited to India on 6 November after 27 years on the run and is currently awaiting trial in CBI custody.
Rajan was born in a lower middle class family Marathi Buddhist family in the Tilaknagar area of Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra.He worked as a cinema ticket seller in his early days.. He started his criminal career by scalping cinema tickets at Sahakar cinema in the 1980s.
Then he met mentor Bada Rajan and Yadagiri of Hyderabad under whom he learned the tricks of the trade. Once Bada Rajan was killed, Nikalje received the throne and the title—Chhota Rajan. For a short period, Dawood Ibrahim, Rajan and Arun Gawli worked together. Then Gawli's elder brother Papa Gawli was assassinated over a drug deal and a rift formed. Rajan went to Dubai—his family is still here apart from his wife in 1989 to attend the wedding of Noora, Dawood's brother. He never returned. After the 1993 Bombay bombings, Dawood and Rajan fell out. There were even reports that he tipped off the Research and Analysis Wing about Dawood's network. The Dawood-Rajan party was over, the messy end coming in September 2000, with Shakeel's attack on Rajan in his Bangkok hotel room.
On 26 October 2015, Rajan was arrested in Bali. Acting on a tip-off from Australian police, Indonesian authorities detained Nikalje alias Chota Rajan on Sunday as he arrived in Bali from Sydney.
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