Chhota Rajan's associate nabbed

Mumbai, June 23 (UNI) An associate of the underworld don Chhota Rajan was today arrested by the sleuths of Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) at Panvel near here under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

Police have identified the accused as Nitin Deshmukh alias Appa.

Acting on a tip-off, a CIU team laid a trap and intercepted Deshmukh at Chowk in Panvel. He was arrested for the Karjat MLA murder in 1991 and a weapons haul case, the police said.

He will be produced at MCOCA court tomorrow, police added.

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