MCOCA against gangster, 3 aides

Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Thursday invoked provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a case involving a Chinchwad-based criminal on the police records Ramesh Gangavane (27) and his three aides. The accused allegedly participated in robberies on the Pune-Nashik highway and in Mhalunge area.
The police identified the three aides as Abhishek Gosavi (25) of Chinchwad, Shubham Autade (25) and Suraj Kamble (26) both residents of Thergaon.
Gangavane has 10 cases of robberies registered against him, the police said. According to the police, the accused gang members would threaten commuters on Pune-Nashik highway and in Mhalunge with sharp weapons before robbing them.
Inspector Balaji Sontakke of the Mhalunge chowkey prepared a proposal to impose the MCOCA against the four-member gang and Pimpri Chinchwad’s additional commissioner of police Ramnath Pokale gave a nod to the same on Thursday.