India, March 18 -- In a sensational development, a Mumbai court on Monday acquitted notorious gangster Chhota Rajan in the 2011 murder case of Arif Abubakar Sayyad, the driver and bodyguard of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's brother, Iqbal Kaskar. Special Judge A.M. Patil, designated under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), ruled that there was insufficient evidence to convict Rajan.

Sayyad was gunned down on May 17, 2011, in south Mumbai by two unidentified men. The police had claimed the murder was orchestrated at the behest of Rajan and charged him with murder and conspiracy under the IPC, MCOCA, and Arms Act. However, the case collapsed in court due to weak evidence, leading to Rajan's acquittal.

Rajan, currentl...