New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): A special MCOCA Court hearing the 2008 Saumya Vishwanathan murder case recently listed the case for final arguments after recording the statement of the accused persons. Saumya Vishwanathan was allegedly murdered in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area in September 2008. The Prosecution evidence took almost 10 years to be concluded.

Nagpur Jan 25 PTI Twenty-two criminals belonging to three gangs have been booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA by Nagpur police an official said on Tuesday The gangs of Abu alias Firoz Khan Chandrashekhar Panjarao Atram and Changi Shankar Gosavi are involved in land grabbing extortion drug smuggling medical admission scam highway dacoity etc he said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): A kingpin of 'Satta' syndicate was arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police in the national capital, informed Delhi police on Monday.

Mumbai: Two police officers were remanded in the custody of the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody for seven days by Mumbai court on Tuesday. They were remanded in connection with an extortion case registered at Marine Drive police station here against them and former city police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The two cops – inspectors Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke – who were previously posted in the Mumbai crime branch, were arrested by the CID on Monday.

Mumbai: Two police officers were remanded in the custody of the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody for seven days by Mumbai court on Tuesday. They were remanded in connection with an extortion case registered at Marine Drive police station here against them and former city police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The two cops – inspectors Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke – who were previously posted in the Mumbai crime branch, were arrested by the CID on Monday.

Mumbai: Two police officers were remanded in the custody of the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department (CID) custody for seven days by Mumbai court on Tuesday. They were remanded in connection with an extortion case registered at Marine Drive police station here against them and former city police commissioner Param Bir Singh. The two cops – inspectors Nandkumar Gopale and Asha Korke – who were previously posted in the Mumbai crime branch, were arrested by the CID on Monday.

Thane Oct 25 PTI A man on the run for four years after being charged for attempt to murder and under provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA in Thane was finally traced to Rajasthan police said on Monday A case was registered against the accused Raj Shokalchand Lakhara at Narpoli police station here in Maharashtra in 2017 under various Indian Penal Code Sections including 307 attempt to murder and provisions of the MCOCA inspector Krishna Kokni said The police did not divulge details of the alleged incident Ten other accused had already been arrested in the case and a charge sheet filed in court Acting on a tip-off the police traced the absconding accused to Jalore in Rajasthan and arrested him on Saturday with the help of local police the official said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Aug 31 PTI BJP leader Pravin Darekar on Tuesday said the attack on a senior woman official of the Thane Municipal Corporation during an anti-hawking drive a day earlier was due to political support and organised crime and demanded that the accused be charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kavita Pimpale and her bodyguard were attacked by a knife-wielding hawker identified by police as Amar Yadav while she was overseeing the removal of unauthorised hawkers in Kasarvadavli junction on Monday evening leading to three of her fingers getting severed Darekar the leader of opposition in the state legislative council who met the official in hospital said Registering an offence of murder against the accused will not suffice He must be charged under MCOCA Look at his courage to carry a knife around and attack a civic official This is nothing but a result of political support and organised crime He added that a draft policy on hawkers that was made during the previous BJP government under Devendra Fadnavis must be finalised by the MVA government on priority Meanwhile Thane Additional Collector Vaidehi Ranade said the case must be tried in a fast-tract court adding that the attack had demoralised 40000 government and civic staff in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Several government and civic employees on Tuesday held an emergency meeting at the collectorate here to condemn the incident PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Aug 30 PTI The district court here in Maharashtra has acquitted four persons being tried under the stringent MCOCA for alleged armed dacoity for want of evidence The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court judge VY Jadhav on Saturday held that the prosecution failed to prove the charges against the four persons and they need to be acquitted According to the prosecution five persons armed with firearms and other weapons had barged into the office of an investment firm at Anjur Phata in Bhiwandi in the Thane district on February 18 2010 They beat up the staff and looted Rs 1559500 cash six mobile phones and a gold chain Defence counsel told the court that the four persons booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and MCOCA were wrongly implicated in the case and the police investigation is riddled with lapses The judge gave the benefit of doubt to the accused and set them free Another person named in the armed dacoity case will be tried later as charges against him are different PTI COR NSK NSK