Anil Sharma, an alleged member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, was shot dead by gangster Chhota Rajan’s men in suburban Andheri on September 2, 1999,
A special court here on Tuesday acquitted gangster Ravi Pujari in a case related to the 1999 murder of an alleged member of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s gang.
Special judge A M Patil acquitted Pujari rpt Pujari in the case registered against him under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section for murder and relevant provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The reasoned order is yet to be made available.
Anil Sharma, an alleged member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, was shot dead by gangster Chhota Rajan’s men in suburban Andheri on September 2, 1999, the prosecution said.
Sharma was one of the chargesheeted accused in the shootout that had occurred on September 12, 1992 on the premises of J J Hospital in Mumbai, it said.
The said shootout was allegedly carried out by the Dawood Ibrahim gang members, and Sharma was out on bail in that case.
It is alleged by the prosecution that Sharma’s murder was an outcome of the rivalry between gangs of Dawood and Rajan, and an act of organised crime syndicate.
Earlier, the court had acquitted 11 accused in the case citing lack of evidence.
