Internetwas abuzz with news of Underworld don and gangster Chhota Rajan died due toCovid-19, however, All India Institute of Medical Services (AIIMS) officials ruledout the reports to be false and said the gangster is alive and undergoingtreatment.
Rajan,61, has been kept in solitary confinement in one of Tihar's largest cells,where he was not allowed to associate with other inmates for security reasons.Officials believe he might have developed the virus from an asymptomatic jailofficer after which he was shifted to AIIMS, according to reports.
Dueto a slew of comorbidities, including diabetes, cardiac disease, kidneyfailure, hernia, laparotomy, and hypertension, the deceased was classified as ahigh-risk coronavirus patient.
Inthe 2018 murder case of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, Rajan was convicted andsentenced to life in jail.
InMarch, the extradited gangster and six others were found guilty of attemptingto kill a real estate developer and sentenced to ten years in jail by a specialMCOCA court in Mumbai.
Around70 criminal cases involving extortion and murder were transferred to theCentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Rajan in Mumbai (CBI). To trythem, a special court was created.
Hewas once an aide to Dawood Ibrahim and was facing up to 70 criminal cases inMumbai for extortion and murder. Rajan, 61, has been held in New Delhi's Tiharprison since his detention in 2015 following his deportation from Bali,Indonesia.
MohdShahabuddin, a former RJD MP, and strongman who was also lodged in Tihar, diedof covid19 after being moved to hospital.