Mumbai Crime Saga: MCOCA Invoked in High-Profile Kidnapping Case
The Mumbai police have applied the MCOCA in a case involving the kidnapping of drug dealer Sajid Electricwala and his associate due to a failed drug deal. Fourteen individuals have been arrested, and five are wanted, with charges filed in a special MCOCA court. The case centers on a Rs 50 lakh extortion attempt.
- Country:
- India
The Mumbai police have escalated a kidnapping case to the level of organized crime, invoking the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), an official said. This legal application pertains to the abduction of a drug dealer and his associate, alongside an extortion attempt amounting to Rs 50 lakh.
Brought before a Special MCOCA court, the charges include those against 14 arrested individuals and five more on the run. Kehligated details reveal that on June 12, in a city hotel's confines, Surat resident Sajid Electricwala and his associate Shabbir Mubarak Siddhique were forcibly taken, supposedly tied to unsettled financial dealings.
Electricwala had received Rs 50 lakh to initiate drug production, yet failed both to deliver and to reimburse. In reprisal, he was moved through multiple regions by his captors, until Siddhique escaped and reported the ordeal. The investigation indicates the intricate operations of a crime syndicate led by Mohammed Tausif Mohammed Hanif Saindi, alias Tausif Machandi.
(With inputs from agencies.)
- READ MORE ON:
- Mumbai
- crime
- MCOCA
- kidnapping
- drug dealer
- extortion
- police
- Raigad
- investigation
- charges
ALSO READ
Sweeping Police Reshuffle in Manipur: Key Roles Reassigned
Punjab Police Foil Babbar Khalsa Terror Plot with Key Arrests
Major Drug Bust in Assam: Police Seize Cough Syrup Worth Millions
Delhi Police Busts Smuggling Ring: Foreign Cigarettes Worth Rs 10 Lakh Seized
Clashes in Lahore: TLP vs. Police Over Anti-Israel Protest
Google News