Rajan claims Mumbai Police-Dawood link

Arrested gangster Chhota Rajan today made startling claims about the links between certain Mumbai police officers and gangster Dawood Ibrahim and alleged that there was a threat to his life. "Some of the police officers in Mumbai have links with Dawood," Rajan claimed. Rajan also claimed that the Mumbai police had "tortured him, and that the Delhi government should do justice with him. "I'll always keep fighting against terrorism and against Dawood," adding that he was not scared of his rival and India's most wanted terrorist. Chhota Rajan 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. Rajan was travelling with the identity of Mohan Kumar with passport number G9273860 when he was apprehended at the airport here after arriving on a Garuda Indonesia flight GA715. Rajan, whose original name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje, has been questioned by the Indonesian police several times in the last few days to confirm his identity and criminal acts in India. Rajan is expected to be brought back to India very soon.