Acquitting deported gangster Chhota Rajan in the 1997 Datta Samant murder case, a special CBI court, in a 21-page judgment, said suspicion cannot take the place of legal proof and the prosecution ...

Twenty-six years after the murder of firebrand trade union leader Datta Samant, a special CBI court on Friday acquitted deported gangster Chhota Rajan, accused of masterminding the assassination.

However, Chhota Rajan is not likely to be released from jail anytime soon as he is facing trial in several other cases in various cities.

Datta Samant was killed on the morning of January 16,1997 as he left his home in Powai to go to his office at Ghatkopar. At that time Dr Samant was leading the union at the Premier Padmini ...

MUMBAI: The trial against extradited gangster Chhota Rajan in the 25-year-old murder of union leader Datta Samant continued before the special CBI court on Monday with the 9th witness, a now 66 ...

Murder of Datta Samant. Last year, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court acquitted Chhota Rajan of orchestrating the high-profile murder of renowned Mumbai trade union leader Dr ...

The incident involved the alleged shooting death of Dr. Datta Samant in Mumbai in 1997. FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Friday, July 28, 2023, 07:44 PM IST. Photo Credit: PTI.

I was born and grew up in central Mumbai; first Parel and later Prabhadevi where I live till today. Central Mumbai was once home to Mumbai’s working class and the Marathi Manoos.

Datta Samant, a trade union leader, was murdered in 1997. Chhota Rajan was named as an accused. Here's a look at the leaders, trade union activists killed over the years by the mafia.

The trial against extradited gangster Chhota Rajan in the 25-year-old murder of union leader Datta Samant continued before the special CBI court on Monday with the 9th witness, a now 66-year-old ...

Dr Samant was shot dead by four persons on Padmavati Road on January 16, 1997, when he was going from Powai to Ghatkopar in his jeep. (File Image: ANI) New Delhi: A special Central Bureau of ...