Santosh Shetty, a former close aide of underworld don Chhota Rajan, was deported to India on today following his arrest in Bangkok. A Mumbai court sent the underworld don to police custody till the 17th of this month. Shetty is suspected in the February 2009 killing of lawyer Shahid Azmi, who was representing suspects in the serial train blasts, the November 2010 killing of Rajan henchman Farid Tanasha and the October 2010 killing of gangster Bharat Nepali in a Bangkok hotel. The arrest of Shetty, alias Anna, occurred on Thursday night in a beer bar after he got into a brawl with a few businessmen.Shetty gave the police a fake passport at the bar, before being booked for assault. The police later raided his home and found his real passport. After checking their records, they found that he was wanted by the Interpol for crimes committed in Mumbai.
News On AIR | August 12, 2011 2:00 PM
Gangster Santosh Shetty deported back to Mumbai