Mumbai: Jakarta Interpol has confirmed that underworld don Chhota Rajan who has been arrested in Bali will be deported to India tonight.
The decision comes after Denspar Immigration Chief along with the Jakarta Interpol questioned him at the Bali Police Headquarters and a clearance for his deportation was issued.
Police said Rajan, who has been kept in a holding cell in Bali dressed in orange prison fatigues, would be flown directly back to India at 23:00 (1500GMT) on Tuesday.
"We will bring him to the airport and hand him to Interpol," Bali police spokesman Heri Wiyanto told AFP, referring to the international criminal police organisation.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has said that security has been beefed up for Rajan's arrival and he is likely to be kept in Anda Cell of Arthur road prison.
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In an explosive claim on Tuesday, Rajan alleged that some officials in the Mumbai Police are working with India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim.
"Mumbai Police has committed a lot of atrocities on me and I don't trust them. There are some in the Mumbai Police who are working with Dawood. The Delhi Government should do justice with me keeping that in mind. I am not scared of Dawood and I will continue fighting against him and terrorism," Rajan told the media.
He also appealed to the Indian Government to do justice with him while asserting that all 'cases' against him are false and baseless.
The six-member joint team from the Mumbai crime branch, Delhi Police special cell and the CBI presently in Indonesia is carrying all the relevant documents needed for Rajan's deportation, including his crime history and a court warrant against him.
Rajan, one of India's most wanted criminals and a leading figure in the Mumbai underworld, was arrested on October 24.
He is wanted for at least 68 cases in Mumbai alone, including over 20 murder cases and other serious offences under MCOCA, POTA and the Arms Act.
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