In July this year, D-company had managed to get Rajan's location in Australia and was on the verge of bumping him off.
Was gangster Chhota Rajan detained in Bali as the Indian intelligence agencies' honour was at stake? Well, many among the top brass in police circles here believe so. If D-company (Dawood Ibrahim's gang) manages to eliminate Rajan, who was not keeping well, this would have seriously dented intelligence agencies' image, as it is widely believed that Rajan enjoyed patronage of Indian spy agencies to get even with D-company, which has the backing of Pakistan.
Relations between Dawood and Rajan had got soured some time before 1993 over a property dispute. "Mumbai blasts formalised their split. In 1998, Rajan sent his close men Vicky Malhotra and Farid Tanasha to Karachi to bump off Dawood. The duo, however, was unsuccessful. Dawood retaliated in 2000, sending his men in the guise of pizza delivery men to Rajan's home in Bangkok, killing his close aide Rohit Varma and his wife in the process. A bleeding Rajan made a daring escape, and was hospitalised, from where he fled to safety. In 2000, Rajan again made an unsuccessful attempt on the life of Dawood," said a crime branch officer.
In July this year, D-company had managed to get Rajan's location in Australia and was on the verge of bumping him off. However, Rajan was lucky this time too and managed to escape after he got a whiff of the rival gang's plan, the officer said. Rajan then decided to move out of Australia and left for Bali, where he was caught by the local authorities.
"Everyone in the police and intelligence circles are aware that not only Dawood, but his close aides including brother Anees, right-hand men Chhota Shakeel and Mumbai blast accused Tiger Memon are enjoying the protection of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence. However, Rajan, who was staying abroad for over two decades, was not that lucky though Indian agencies make use of him to gain insight into the D-company's operations," pointed out a senior police officer adding had Rajan been killed by rival gangsters, it would have reflected bad on the Indian agencies.
Former Director General of Police (Maharashtra) SS Virk said, "The body language of a man arrested is generally scared or worried. But Rajan, when taken into custody, looked comfortable and was smiling for camera." He added further, "The body language of Rajan does raise some kind of suspicion in the entire arrest and the role of IB."
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