Duo wanted in MCOCA case held from Ratnagiri

Pune: The crime branch of the Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday arrested two criminals who were on the run since attempting to kill a 22-year-old man in Akurdi.
A police team led by assistant inspector Harish Mane nabbed Suresh Yadav (30) and Kalpesh Pawar (24) from Khed taluka in Ratnagiri district.
“Yadav, who is the kingpin of a gang, and his aide Pawar, were booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) recently,” Mane told TOI.
Mane said, “On February 17, Yadav and his accomplices had bludgeoned to death Sahil Jagtap in Akurdi with a cement block following an old dispute. The duo was on the run since then.”
“We got a tip-off that they were hiding at their native village in Ratnagiri district. We nabbed them after chasing them in forest land.” he said, adding that Yadav has 13 cases while Pawar has three cases against him.
Criminal gang in Kalewadi booked
Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday booked seven suspects of a Kalewadi-based criminal gang under the stringent MCOCA. The kingpin of the gang Hyder Shaikh (26) and the other six members have six cases registered against them.
Assistant commissioner of police Prashant Amrutkar and senior inspector Sanjay Tungar prepared the proposal of the MCOCA against the gang. Additional commissioner of police Pimpri Chinchwad Ramnath Pokale have issued orders to book the seven suspects under MCOCA.