Mumbai police today invoked stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against 11 alleged members of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari, who were held in connection with a plot to attack veteran film producer-brothers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt.
The eleven accused are among the 14 Pujari gangmen, who were held between November 15 and 21.
Following the arrest of the Pujari gang members, city police recently claimed to have thwarted a plot to kill the Bhatt brothers and cracked the case of firing in the air outside the residence of Karim Morani, producer of blockbuster movie 'Chennai Express'.
"The ten of the eleven accused, who have been charged with the stringent provisions of the law, were today produced before the special MCOCA court which extended their police custody till December 6," said Deputy Police Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni.
They were produced before the special court as their police custody ended today.
The eleven accused now facing the MCOCA charge are Mohammed Anees Merchant, Ishrat Shaikh, Mohammed Hakikulla Khan, Azim Khan, Ashfaq Abdul Rashid, Asif Sattar Khan, Shahatwal Shaik, Feroz Sayyed, Shabbir Shaikh, Rahim Khan and Ravi Singh.
Accused Ravi Singh could not be produced before the special court as he is presently in judicial custody.
The other three accused - Sufiyan SK, Faise SK and Armaan Siddique - are behind bars in connection with Morani firing case reported in the city on August 23.
