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News of Chhota Rajan's death wrong: Tihar Jail administration

The gangster was found COVID-19 positive in the Tihar Jail on April 22 and admitted to the AIIMS on April 24

May 07, 2021 06:43 pm | Updated 06:43 pm IST - New Delhi

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In this file photo of November 2, 2015, police escorting Indian gangster Rajendra Nikalje, widely known as Chhota Rajan, at police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali.

In this file photo of November 2, 2015, police escorting Indian gangster Rajendra Nikalje, widely known as Chhota Rajan, at police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali.

The Tihar Jail administration on Friday said that the news of gangster Chhota Rajan's death is "wrong".

Rajan was found COVID-19 positive in the Tihar Jail on April 22 and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on April 24.

"News of death of Tihar jail inmate Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje @ Chhota Rajan s/o Sadashiv Nikalje is wrong," Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said.

Rajan, 61, is lodged at the high security prison since his arrest after deportation from Bali in Indonesia in 2015.

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