# Chhota Rajan, four others acquitted in 2009 murder-bid case 2026-10-31T01:26:39+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets A special CBI court in Mumbai on Friday, 30 October 2026, acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan and four others in a 2009 case related to an attempt on the life of Shiv Sena leader Ajay Bhosale. The attackers opened fire on Bhosale’s Scorpio in Pune on 11 October 2009 during an election campaign. Bhosale escaped unhurt, but his driver was hit by a bullet. The prosecution argued the attack stemmed from a property dispute between accused Pune builder Surendrakumar Agarwal and his brothers R K Agrawal and V K Agrawal. The case was initially probed by Pune police and transferred to the CBI after Rajan’s deportation from Indonesia in 2015. Rajan, 70, who was granted bail in this case in 2025, remains in Tihar jail serving life for the murder of journalist J Dey. The detailed judgment is awaited. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three outlets report the same core facts, the acquittal on 30 October 2026, the names of the five accused, the 2009 attack on Ajay Bhosale, and the property-dispute motive, in straight news-agency style. Rediff.com leads with a representational AI-image disclaimer and a key-points summary, while The Times of India adds procedural details: the sections under which the accused were acquitted, the bail status of each, and the prosecution’s ‘organised crime syndicate’ argument. The Indian Express provides the leanest version, omitting the driver’s injury. No outlet challenges the court’s verdict or adds critical commentary. The uniform coverage confirms the acquittal as a straightforward legal conclusion, with no contested framing. Rajan remains in Tihar jail serving life for journalist J Dey’s murder, and the detailed judgment is yet to be released. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - rediff.com (neutral report) Straight reporting with AI-disclaimer and key-points format - indianexpress.com (neutral report) Minimalist wire-style summary, no added detail - timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Most detailed, includes legal sections and bail status This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Update, 31 October 2026: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-10-31T01:47:48+00:00. Tags: Ajay Bhosale, CBI, Chhota Rajan, Mumbai, Pune Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/chhota-rajan-four-others-acquitted-in-2009-murder-bid-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/chhota-rajan-four-others-acquitted-in-2009-murder-bid-case/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/