Updated: May 7, 2021 5:14 PM IST 
New Delhi: Underworld don Chhota Rajan is still alive, news agency ANI clarified after several media outlets reported his death due to Covid-19 at the AIIMS, Delhi. Earlier, it was reported that Rajan had died due to Covid-19 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Friday. However, soon after the news was carried, including this website, ANI tweeted, “Underworld don Chhota Rajan is still alive. He is admitted at AIIMS for treatment of #COVID19: AIIMS official.”
Rajan was serving life imprisonment in Tihar Jail after a Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court had sentenced him and eight others for the 2011 killing of veteran journalist J. Dey. Dey, a renowned crime reporter of Mumbai, was gunned down on June 11, 2011, near his residence in suburban Powai. Once when asked by journalists to comment on his conviction, Rajan had remarked “Theek hai.” (It’s okay).
Several journalists including J Dey’s friend from media, journalist Sandeep Unnithan tweeted of his death: “Gangster #ChhotaRajan dead. A month short of the 10th death anniversary of my friend J Dey whom Rajan’s goons gunned down in Powai.”
Several media outlets have reported Chhota Rajan’s death due to Covid-19 at the AIIMS, Delhi.
Chhota Rajan was once a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim but parted ways in 1993 following the series of blasts in Mumbai. The Mumbai blasts also triggered a new rivalry between the two underworld friends as they turned nemesis. This coincided with the rise of Chhota Shakeel as Dawood’s close confidante. In 1994, Rajan had established his network in Malaysia, shifting his base from Dubai. It triggered a series of killings and murders in Mumbai ad Dubai.
India.Com has edited the copy after ANI’s tweet clarifying that Rajan was alive.
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