{"id":6870,"date":"2026-07-30T14:07:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6870"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T14:07:36","slug":"chennai-court-sentences-chhota-rajan-to-seven-years-imprisonment-in-fake-passport-case-chennai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6870","title":{"rendered":"Chennai court sentences Chhota Rajan to seven years&#8217; imprisonment in fake passport case | Chennai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132741797,imgsize-559663,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/chhota-rajan.jpg\" alt=\"Chennai court sentences Chhota Rajan to seven years' imprisonment in fake passport case\" title=\"Chhota Rajan\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: A special <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cbi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBI<\/a> court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to seven years&#8217; imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on him for fraudulently obtaining an Indian passport using forged documents and a false identity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The court convicted Rajan under charges of cheating, forgery, cheating by personation and knowingly submitting forged documents to obtain a passport.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/> Chhota Rajan, a former close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim who later became his rival, is currently lodged in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi, where he is serving a life sentence in another case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The fake passport case was registered by the CBI on March 19, 2002, alleging that Rajan had obtained a passport from the regional passport office in Chennai by posing as &#8220;Vijaya Kadam&#8221; and submitting forged documents.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The investigation found that Rajan had used fabricated documents, including a school transfer certificate, ration card and demand draft, to establish his identity and address. The agency identified his real name as Rajendra alias Nana alias Chhota Rajan, son of Sadashiv and a resident of Mumbai.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>The CBI said Rajan had impersonated Vijaya Kadam and fraudulently secured the passport by submitting forged proof of age and residence before using the document as genuine.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet against Rajan on Jan 22, 2004. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/chennai-court-sentences-underworld-don-chhota-rajan-to-seven-years-imprisonment-in-fake-passport-case\/articleshow\/132741807.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: A special CBI court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to seven years&#8217; imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on him for fraudulently obtaining an Indian passport using forged documents and a false identity.The court convicted Rajan under charges of cheating, forgery, cheating by personation and knowingly submitting forged documents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chhota-rajan.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"CHENNAI: A special CBI court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced gangster Chhota Rajan to seven years&#8217; 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