Mumbai court acquits Chhota Rajan in trade union leader Datta Samant murder case
The Hindu
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on July 28 acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan in a case related to the 1997 murder of trade union leader Datta Samant for want of evidence
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on July 28 acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan in a case related to the 1997 murder of trade union leader Datta Samant for want of evidence.
There was nothing on record to prove that Rajan — whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje — hatched the conspiracy, the court said.
The gangster, however, is not likely to be released from jail anytime soon as he is facing trial in dozens of cases in various cities.
Samant, who organised the 1981 textile mill workers' strike in Mumbai, was shot dead on January 16, 1997, while travelling in his Jeep to his office in Pant Nagar in suburban Ghatkopar.
The assailants, who came on a motorbike, fired 17 rounds.
The prosecution claimed that Rajan hatched the murder conspiracy.
But special judge B. D. Shelke said in the verdict on July 28 that nothing was produced to prove that Rajan hatched the conspiracy.
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