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Gangster Chhota Rajan gets 8 years in jail in BR Shetty case
Updated On: 20 August, 2019 01:38 PM IST | | Faizan Khan
Jailed gangster Chhota Rajan and five others were accused in the BR Shetty attempt-to-murder case in which Shetty was allegedly fired upon by the Rajan's gang members in Mumbai in 2012
File picture of gangster Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, also known as Chhota Rajan during his arrest from Bali island in November 2015. Photo: AFP
A Mumbai sessions court found gangster Chhota Rajan guilty in BR Shetty attempt-to-murder today. Chhota Rajan and the other five accused have been sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment for shooting at BR Shetty in 2012. Prior to this, in 2018, Chhota Rajan was convicted in the murder case of journalist J Dey.
Background of the BR Shetty case
Hotelier BR Shetty was shot at in Andheri in October 2012. Two people on a motorbike fired four rounds at BR Shetty and fled from the spot. BR Shetty received bullet injuries on his shoulder but somehow managed to walk to the nearest police station and was taken to a hospital from there.
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