Thane (Maharashtra):The complainant in the extortion case filed recently against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh and others on Monday submitted an application before the Thane Police seeking stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) be invoked against the accused, an officer said. The complainant, Ketan Tanna, submitted a letter in the office of the Thane Commissioner of Police, he said.
The application seeks the invocation of MCOCA in the existing case filed against gangster Ravi Pujari, Param Bir Singh and former senior police inspector of the Anti-Extortion Cell in Thane Pradeep Sharma. Once booked under the MCOCA, which provides the state government powers to combat organised crime and terrorism, the condition of anticipatory bail does not apply. The conditions for ordinary bail are far more stringent and can be granted to a person only when the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds. MCOCA also allows for preventive detention and custodial interrogation.
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