MCOCA-accused Barhate in police custody till July 16
MCOCA-accused Barhate in police custody till July 16
ByGunwanti ParasteGunwanti Paraste / Updated: Jul 8, 2021, 06:00 IST
Son in police custody till July 9; wife and lawyer in judicial custody
After going “missing” for a year,
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act or MCOCAaccused Right to Information (RTI) activist Ravindra Barhate had strolled into the Pune police commissionerate on Tuesday and been arrested by sheepish cops, after he revealed that he had been in the city all along.
On Wednesday, the sessions court remanded Barhate in police custody till July 16. His son’s police custody was extended to July 9. The court also remanded his wife Sangita (49) and lawyer Sunil More (49) in judicial custody.
‘Absconding’ RTI activist was right here all along
ByArchana More,Gunwanti ParasteArchana More and Gunwanti Paraste / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
YEAR-LONG SAGA ENDS IN EMBARASSMENT FOR CITY COPS
MCOCA-accused Ravindra Barhate strolled into
Pune police commissionerate on Tuesday afternoon, got arrested; cops were searching for him far and wide for over a year now, but it was revealed that he was getting treatment at a Pune hospital
In a major turns of events that has brought embarrassment to Pune police, Ravindra Barhate, the Right to Information (
RTI) activist who was a wanted accused in land grabbing cases under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (
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RTI activist Ravindra Barhate, who was on the run for the past 18 months, was arrested from Bibvewadi area of Pune city. The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was invoked against Ravindra Barhate who has 17 cases against his name.
Barhate has 17 cases against his name, including for fraud and land grabbing, after which MCOCA was invoked against him and his associates, Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said.
MCOCA has been invoked in two case that had been registered at Chaturshringi and Hadapsar police station.
Amitabh Gupta mentioned that till date, 32 of his accomplice have been arrested, and Barhate is the 33rd arrest. He is alleged to be the mastermind in all the 17 cases registered in Pune city.
Gangster Lalu Jhalim alias Amit Rajput
Surat: Gangster Lalu Jhalim alias Amit Rajput wanted in a case registered under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act (GujCTOC) was arrested along with his associate Nikunj Chauhan on Monday. Both were remanded to police custody for 15 days by a local court on Tuesday.
Rajput was nabbed from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh by a team of Detection of Crime Branch (DCB). He had been evading arrest since December 2020. Native of Mahendru village in Jaunpur of UP, Rajput had escaped a few days before the offence under GujCTOC was registered against him. “It was a challenging task to nab Rajput whose family is politically well connected,” said police.
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