New Delhi: A Delhi court recently ordered the framing of charges against 15 accused in a 2019 MCOCA case, stating that they prima facie appeared to be members of a syndicate involved in facilitating and committing crimes.
The court of additional sessions judge Shivali Sharma heard the case against 20 suspects against whom Hari Nagar police station had registered an FIR under Sections 3 (organised crime) and 4 (possessing unaccountable wealth on behalf of a member of an organised crime syndicate) of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The court also ordered the framing of charges against nine of the group for the possession of wealth that was unaccounted for, stating that multiple illegal movable and immovable properties were found connected to them. The nine are Salman Tyagi, Rahul Gupta, Roshan Lal, Saddam, Deepak, Shahnawaz Tyagi, Mohammed Sayeed, Muntzeer Tyagi and Mustafa Tyagi.
The court, however, discharged five men — Irshad, Rajesh, Saurav Bhargav, Rohit Kumar, and Rajuddin — in a 2019 organised crime FIR, stating that there was no prima facie case against them.
The court said that along with Salman, 10 accused — Rahul Gupta, Parvinder, Roshan Lal, Saddam, Deepak, Shahnawaz Tyagi, Mohammed Sayyad, Muntzeer Tyagi, Mohammad Shaukat, and Mustafa Tyagi — prima facie appeared to be members of the organised crime syndicate, involved in knowingly facilitating and committing organised crime.
“From the overall material collected during the investigation, a prima facie operation of an organised crime syndicate is reflected, which is engaged in the illegal activities of extortion, forcibly occupying properties of innocent persons, threatening public persons by showing weapons, and demanding protection money on the strength of weapons,” the court said.
