If sources from the police force are to be believed, then some of the officials from Dahisar police station helped Chhota Rajan aide Suresh Joshi alias Surya escape the clutches of the law, as they are hand-in-glove with a local gangster Dharmenda Waydankar alias Lodhu, Surya’s boss.

According to sources, Surya is a history-sheeter and is man Friday of Lodhu, who allegedly runs a rickshaw parking racket in Vaishali Nagar in Dahisar (E). The sources also revealed that Lodhu charges Rs 10 per night from each of the over 3,000 auto drivers who park their vehicles on the plot. “A part of this amount is paid to local police officers for protection,” said a police officer, requesting anonymity.