India, July 30 -- Gangster Chhota Rajan was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a special CBI court in Chennai on Thursday for securing an Indian passport under a fake identity using forged documents, the agency said. Rajan fraudulently secured a passport by assuming the identity of 'Vijaya Kadam' and submitting fake documents, including a school transfer certificate and a ration card, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

"The convict, Chhota Rajan, is presently lodged in Tihar Jail, New Delhi, where he is already undergoing rigorous imprisonment for life," a CBI spokesperson told PTI.

The CBI registered an FIR on March 19, 2002, alleging that Rajan had applied for and obtained a passport by submitting forged document...