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On September 15, the special MCOCA court was informed that the authority did not grant sanction and hence the Act cannot be applied anymore. (Representational)

Months after MCOCA invoked against 'sex traffickers', Act dropped after no sanction

September 21, 2025 10:01 pm

A sanction is required under the Act from a sanctioning authority, who is usually a police officer of the rank of an Additional Director General of Police.

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MCOCA invoked against members of Bandu Andekar gang after teens’ murder

September 11, 2025 12:58 am

Ayush was son of one of the daughters of Bandu Andekar, Kalyani Komkar, whose husband Ganesh Komkar is key accused in Vanraj's murder.

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MCOCA invoked against 3 in drugs case, first such case after amendment to Act

August 21, 2025 12:08 am

The Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai police seized 766 grams of mephedrone in a case registered on August 7 under sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

CM Fadnavis defends govt policies; says 'no one can take Mumbai away from Maharashtra'

July 19, 2025 8:15 am

Says bid to spread spread misinformation ahead of civic polls

Nabbed in molestation case, MCOCA-accused pepper-sprays cops, ransacks Pune police station

July 18, 2025 12:20 pm

The Sahkar Nagar police said the accused was arrested under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) two years ago.

Surat 'drug maker' rescued from UP: Mumbai police likely to slap MCOCA against 7 accused

July 17, 2025 11:16 pm

For the accused to be charged under MCOCA, certain conditions have to be met like two chargesheets have to be filed against someone in the syndicate, which is related to gang activity in the past 10 years.

Two amendment bills passed to tighten slum revamp Act, bring drug peddling under MCOCA

July 10, 2025 8:44 am

The amendment also reduces the consent window for dissenting slum dwellers from 120 to 60 days once a majority supports a redevelopment plan.

'Invocation of MCOCA illegal': Court grants bail to Hashim Baba's associate

May 03, 2025 9:55 pm

Asrar, the man suspected to be an associate of Baba, was granted bail on the condition that he furnish bonds worth Rs 25,000.

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Assault on Jalna youth ‘inhumane’, MCOCA against accused after talks with CM: Shinde

March 05, 2025 10:38 pm

The incident happened on the night of February 26, when Kailas Borhade, a farmer, was allegedly beaten with heated iron rods by two persons over past enmity at Anwa village of Bhokardan taluka.

‘I am no saint, will apply MCOCA’: In Beed amid sarpanch murder row, Ajit Pawar slams extortionists

January 30, 2025 2:11 pm

Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said he would invoke the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against those indulging in extortion.

In Odisha, Modi mounts ‘loot tantra-vs-bachat utsav’ attack on Congress over GST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday hailed the revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) structures, saying the era of “double bachat (saving) and double kamai (income)” has arrived under the Bharatiya Janata Party rule. Addressing the ' Namo Yuva Samabesh' in Jharsuguda, Modi accused the Congress of indulging in “loot tantra (tactics)” while in power.

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