India has lost an opportunity to reach Dawood Ibrahim

Chhota Rajan, a day after gangster was nabbed in Indonesian city of Bali, on Tuesday, the government said that it is committed to bring back the most wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Rajan is expected to be deported to India; however, there is no official confirmation on the same as of now. Rajan gained widespread sympathy and public attention after he broke away from Dawood Ibrahim gang, condemning it for carrying out the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai.

A day after the Home Ministry confirmed Rajan’s Sunday arrest in Bali, there is no final clarity about the circumstances surrounding his arrest.

Asked when Rajan will be brought to India, Singh said the CBI and other agencies are in touch with the Indonesian authorities and things are being worked out.

Rajan was travelling with an Indian passport, numbered G9273860, and issued in the fake name of a Mohan Kumar when he was apprehended at Bali airport. “In this case (Chhota Rajan), the Australian and Indonesian authorities have co-operated…”

“The tip-off came directly from Canberra to Indonesia’s police headquarters in Jakarta”.

The one-time trusted aide of terrorist and crime boss Dawood Ibrahim was on the run for over 20 years and is wanted for heinous crimes ranging from murder, extortion to smuggling and drug trafficking. Foreign ministers official also made it clear that India and Indonesia do not have a formal extradition treaty but that will not affect Rajan’s deportation to India.

According to available information, the mafia don – declared a wanted man by Interpol since 1995 – arrived by flight from Sydney, Australia, to Bali on Sunday afternoon and was arrested. Rajan wants to go to Zimbabwe instead, it said. “This is an arrest of a person with Red Corner Notice for which a whole different protocol operates”, India’s Ambassador to Indonesia Gurjit Singh said.

“It (the arrest) is very, very important because after Dawood’s gang, his was the second most notorious and cruel gang”, former Mumbai police chief P.S Pasricha told an Indian TV station.

Interpol’s website states that Nikalje was born in Mumbai and was wanted for multiple charges including control and use of illegal firearms and murder etc.