Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday denied the reports of the death of underworld don Rajendra Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan due to COVID-19 infection.
“Underworld don Chhota Rajan is still alive. He is admitted at AIIMS for treatment of COVID-19,” an AIIMS official told a news agency.
The 61-year-old gangster was admitted to AIIMS on April 26 after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Rajan was deported to India after being arrested in 2015 from Bali in Indonesia. Since then, he is lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi.
In 2018, Rajan was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist J Dey in 2011.
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) later.
“News of death of Tihar jail inmate Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje @ Chhota Rajan s/o Sadashiv Nikalje is wrong,” Director General (Prisons) Sandeep Goel said.
Surjitt Sahani
