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The Mumbai police confiscated a Laptop Computer from
Chotta Rajan's Tilak Nagar residence which allegedly
revealed information about the don's real-estate investments
and interest in east Mumbai.
Sujata, Rajan's wife was arrested with three other
allies on extortion charges under MCOCA on Wednesday.
The laptop was seized after a two-day search operation
carried out by the Mumbai crime branch at Rajan's Tilak
Nagar residence. "The laptop has a large number
of data files that reveals Rajan's real-estate interest
in Tilaknagar and adjacent localities," the sources
said.
"His investment could be to the tune of nearly
Rs 20 crore in Tilaknagar alone," crime branch
sources told PTI here today. Data found in the laptop
corroborates information on Rajan's involvement in real-estate
business in east Mumbai, which the crime branch had
gathered during a one-and-half year long operation,
they said.
A large number of documents were also seized during
the searches, but sources said it would take time to
decipher their content.
Rajan has reportedly invested into the real-estate business
in a big way and his focus is mainly in east Mumbai
since his gang had firm holding and influence in these
localities." We have identified nearly 12 construction
projects which have been directly launched by Khushi
constructions, a company named after Chhota Rajan's
daughter and run by his family members" stated
crime branch official.
A large number of dilapidated properties in Tilaknagar
and adjoining areas are going in for redevelopment in
a big way, making some areas of east Mumbai a lucrative
real-estate investment destination."These projects
are restricted to Tilaknagar (east Mumbai), but we are
also working on information about Rajan's projects in
Navi Mumbai and Pune," the sources said.
Chotta Rajan is also suspected to have forced the developers
to allot him stake in their ongoing or future projects
in the money-spinning areas of Tilaknagar and Chembur."His
stake in ongoing or new projects ranges between 20 to
40 per cent," reliable sources said.
Besides investment and acquiring stakes, the Rajan gang
continues to extort money from builders, most of them
giving in to the gang's threats. "We have information
that many builders paid money to the gang after being
threatened, but none of them has lodged a complaint
so far," DCP Dhananjay Kamalakar of Mumbai crime
branch told reporters recently.
Meanwhile, crime branch sources have not ruled out the
possibility of attachment of all such properties in
which they have substantive evidence of the properties
being either purchased or developed from the don's black
money.
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