Mar 23 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai)
MCOCA may be slapped on gangster's kin
Ahmed Ali
Mumbai:


The anti-extortion cell of the city police are exploring if the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) can be invoked against Arife Aboobakar Shaikh alias Bhaijaan.
The arrested accused is gangster Chhota Shakeel's brother-in-law. Shakeel's cousin, a businesswoman, is wanted in the case. The absconding woman has been identified as Tabbassum Danish Shaikh. Recently , another relative of Shakeel--Salim Qureshi alias Salim Fruit--was arrested in another case.

He was taken into custody from his Mira Road home on Wednesday for allegedly extorting and threatening a trader. “We have sought legal advice on whether or not the stringent Act can be applied in the case. There must be at least two previous chargesheets against the accused in order to invoke MCOCA,“ said a senior police officer.

On Sunday , cops searched Bhaijaan's Mira Road home and recovered two cellpho nes, a laptop, an affidavit and stamp papers. Bhaijaan was produced before the Esplanade court on Monday and was remanded in police custody .

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