Chhota Shakeel's message to Tihar prison warns Chhota Rajan 'the end'

Incarcerated underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje aka Chhota Rajan continues to receive death threat from Dawood aide Chhota Shakeel even in Delhi's high-security Tihar jail, following which his security has been beefed up.

Police sources said that a message saying, "How long will you save this pig from death, very soon I will do his the end," received by a senior Tihar jail official has been confirmed to have been sent by 'Haji Chhota Shakeel' .

The message was sent from the mobile number +971504265138, with an area code from United Arab Emirates (UAE), that purportedly belongs to Chhota Shakeel. Law officer Tihar Jail Sunil Gupta was the recipient. A call was also made on the landline in Tihar, threatening Rajan.

The message was sent in November last year, shortly after Rajan was deported to India from Indonesia. Since then, not only has Rajan received additional security, but Gupta and his family have been provided security as well.

Once a close aide of notorious gangster Dawood Ibrahim, Rajan parted ways with the D-Company after the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai. Shakeel had earlier made a failed bid to assassinate Rajan in Indonesia in 2000.

On the run for close to 27 years, Rajan was arrested by the Interpol in October 2015. He was deported to India on November 6, 2015 and has been in Tihar jail ever since. Rajan is facing trial in more than 70 cases that include extortion, murder and drug smuggling.