NEW DELHI: In a twist to the ongoing unrest in the underworld , intelligence sources on Saturday informed that Chhota Rajan was very much in Australia and a face-off between him and Dawood aide Chhota Shakeel has not been averted yet.

The information, which comes in the wake of reports that Rajan had gone underground after his cover was given away by his aides, has led agencies to track the developments in Australia more closely. “He has merely moved away from Newcastle and shifted to an unidentified place in Australia. Shakeel is also aware of this fact and has not called his men back ,” an officer told TOI.

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Incidentally, in his conversation with TOI on Friday, Shakeel had “re-invited” Rajan for a face-off and claimed that his men were still there in Australia. Rajan, however, sources said, wants to lie low as of now and avoid confrontation as he is not in good health. Also, it is not impossible that Rajan may be trying to re-group and hit back– though the possibility is quite low given his health and ability to arrange for logistics in Australia.

When asked why D-Company was so adamant on taking Rajan down now, intelligence sources said this would be a symbolic victory for the Company which has, sort of, been having an identity crisis of late. The Company, however, terms the efforts as the fallout of an old enmity and denies any trigger.

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Since April, Dawodd Ibrahim and Chhota Shaqeel have been giving shape to their “final plan” to eliminate their long-time rival, Chhota Rajan. They had even pin-pointed his location in Australia, where he was least suspected to be.

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