An Indian national has been arrested after landing at Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport from Sydney on Sunday.
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When the news of Chhota Rajan’s arrest spread yesterday, there was euphoria at first, but then that was short lived thanks to confusion created by a few media outlets who said that it was a case of mistaken identity.
A former Indian primary school teacher facing the death penalty in his homeland for the murders of 20 young women has been arrested on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, police said Monday.
Indonesian officials said Nikalje used a fake passport with the pseudonym Mohan Kumar to board a flight on Garuda Indonesia, the Associated Press reported.
“We received information from police in Canberra yesterday (Sunday) about the red notice for a murderer”, he told AFP.
Police say they are working on Mohan’s situation with the Indian Consulate General and Indonesian National Police.
But authorities say he is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, who has been on Interpol’s wanted list since 1995 and is alleged to be one of India’s most wanted, a mobster wanted for multiple murders and running a feared crime gang.
Australian Federal Police have confirmed that Nikalje was identified to be living in Australia in September this year and advised Indian authorities and Interpol. A Mangalore court had sentenced him to death in December 2013.
Indian media, meanwhile, claimed Monday that the man is not Kumar, but Chhota Rajan.
The man in question was Cyanide Mohan, a psychopath who had gone on a rampage killing more than 20 women.
However, as there was only a Red Notice and not an arrest warrant, he could not, under Australian law, be arrested here.
Cyanide Mohan preyed on women looking for marriage.
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Nikalje admitted he had been living in Australia for years before his arrest and was traveling to Bali for a vacation, according to police. Kumar could be deported, or extradited to India, Nainggolan said to AFP.
