J Dey case: Charges framed against Rajan; pleads innocence

August 31, 2016 20:23

A special MCOCA court today framed charges against gangster Chhota Rajan in the journalist J Dey murder case, nearly eleven months after he was deported to India.

"The court has framed charges against Rajan under various charges of MCOCA; section 302 (murder) and 120-b (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code," said a CBI official.

After Special Judge Samir Adkar explained the charges to Rajan, he pleaded not guilty. The court then posted the matter for September 7.

The framing of charges against Rajan paves the way for the trial, five years after the veteran investigative journalist was shot dead in suburban Powai in 2011.

Rajan, currently lodged at high-security Tihar jail, was produced before the judge through video-conference.

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