Bali: Underworld don Chhota Rajan on Tuesday claimed that some police officers in Mumbai are colluding with gangster Dawood Ibrahim against him. Rajan reiterated that he's not afraid of Dawood and will fight against him.
Rajan added, "The Mumbai Police has been unjust with me and charges against me are false." He further said that he will stay wherever the government keeps him.
Rajan, who was arrested in Bali on October 25, will be brought to India on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, sources said. According to the sources, all the formalities related to Chhota Rajan's deportation are almost over.
The sources said that the Indonesian authorities were convinced of India's case on Rajan.
Meanwhile, sources said that intelligence agencies are concerned about Rajan being shifted to Mumbai and questioned by the police. They said that Rajan is in fact in touch with his source in security agencies and a tough interrogation might force him to give out uncomfortable details.
Former CBI chief Joginder Singh said, "An accused cannot be choosy. He is a criminal and he cannot choose before whom he will appear. We do not even know what he will say. Even if he says something against Dawood, it has to be taken with a pinch of salt."
Rajan had also met the Central Bureau of Investigation team in Bali. The visit of the joint team of CBI and Mumbai and Delhi police officers came two days after India wrote a letter to the Indonesian authorities for 55-year-old Rajan's return to face trial in various criminal cases registered against him.
The sources within the Ministry of Home Affairs said Rajan will be taken to Mumbai and he'll be questioned by the intelligence agencies.
Rajan was nabbed at Bali airport on his arrival from Australia on October 25. The team, which had left India in the early hours on Sunday, has been provided security by Indonesian and Delhi Police commandos.
On Sunday, First Secretary (Consular) Sanjeev Kumar Agrawal at the Indian embassy in Jakarta met Rajan for nearly half-an-hour at the detention centre, sources said. This is for the first time an Indian official met him in prison.
Agrawal flew to Bali from Jakarta and drove straight to the police centre for his meeting with Rajan, one of India's most-wanted criminals.
The consular access to Rajan comes two days after the Indonesian police submitted a report to the Indian Embassy about Rajan's detention.
When Rajan was arrested at the Bali airport, he was carrying an Indian passport with the assumed name Mohan Kumar.
The underworld don was arrested in Bali on the basis of a Red Corner Notice from Interpol and following a tip off by Australian authorities to the police in Indonesia.
CBI, which has sent its officer as it is the nodal agency for Interpol in India, will hand over Rajan's custody to Mumbai Police once he is brought back. Mumbai Police has registered 75 cases against Rajan, including 20 of murder, four cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, one under Prevention of Terrorism Act and over 20 cases under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. Delhi Police has got six cases against him.
(With additional information from PTI)
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