New Delhi:CBI has started questioning gangster Chhota Rajan in Tihar prison in connection with journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case.
The sources said the agency team today reached Tihar Jail where Rajan is lodged after being deported from Indonesia and started questioning him after completing necessary formalities.
They said Rajan’s questioning in the case is likely to continue for some days.
A special MCOCA court in Mumbai has granted the CBI permission to interrogate Rajan in the case.
Special Judge A L Pansare had allowed the CBI to question 54-year-old Rajan for 10 days starting January 27 before adjourning the case till February 5.
The murder of crime and investigation editor of MidDay is one of the prominent cases in which Rajan’s hand is suspected.