Bombay High Court on Wednesday suspends the life sentence of gangster Chhota Rajan in connection with the murder of hotelier Jaya Shetty here in 2001 and granted him bail in the case. Rajan will continue to remain in jail in connection with other criminal cases.
A special court convicted Rajan in the hotelier’s murder case and sentenced him to life imprisonment in May this year.
Jaya Shetty the owner of the Golden Crown Hotel at Gamdevi in central Mumbai was shot dead by two alleged members of Chhota Rajan’s gang on May 4, 2001.
Shetty used to receive extortion calls from Hemant Pujari one of the members of the Chhota Rajan gang.
Currently, Chhota Rajan is serving a life term for the murder of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey at Tihar Jail in Delhi.
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