Mumbai, Dec 22: Gangster Chhota Rajan would be tried alongwith the other accused in the journalist J Dey murder case, the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court here said today and issued a warrant against asking him to appear before it onJanuary 7. “The court has ordered a joint trial,” special public prosecutor Dileep Shah told. (Also Read: Police seek transfer of ongoing trials against Chhota Rajan to CBI)
The judge A L Pansare observed that the trial cannot be deferred as the Bombay High Court had expedited it, Shah said. “Moreover, no one from the CBI has been coming to the court to apprise the court about their progress in the investigation,” Shah added. The court directed the Tihar jail officials (in Delhi) to ensure that Rajan is present in the court on January 7. “The court said it will frame charges against him and start the trial on the same day,” said the prosecutor.
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