R C Agarwal was arrested on a complaint made by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar, who alleged that the builder and a few others had links with Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel.
Nine persons arrested in connection with the 2006 bomb blasts in Maharashtra's Malegaon town on Saturday moved a special court here seeking bail.
All three have been taken to the Special Investigation Team's headquarters at Pune and will be produced before the special MCOCA Court there on Sunday morning, SIT sources said.
A Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Monday opened the statements given by two key witnesses on journalist Jigna Vora, one of the accused in the murder of veteran crime reporter J Dey in Mumbai last year.
The spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League turned murkier with the names of global terrorist and India's most wanted man Dawood Ibrahim and his close aide Chotta Shakeel surfacing in the case.
A special court on Tuesday allowed the National Investigation Agency to take custody of three key accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case for further interrogation from July 22 for eight days.
The chargesheet against the 21 alleged members of the terrorist group Indian Mujahideen, involved in various serial blasts across the country since 2006, will be filed by the city police on Tuesday.
The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Tuesday remanded Lashlar-e-Tayiba operative and key 26/11 handler Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad custody till August 24 in connection with the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case.
On September 29, 2008, a bomb explosion at 9:35pm opposite Shakil Goods Transport Company situated between Anjuman Chowk and Bhiku Chowk in Malegaon killed six persons and injured 101.
Police will on Thursday cite "new developments" in the murder case of crime reporter J Dey while seeking the extension of custody of woman journalist Jigna Vora, who was arrested last week.
Their lawyer told the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court that Mumbai High Court had granted stay in proceedings against the duo under MCOCA.
The bail plea of nine persons accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts has been rejected by a special MCOCA court in Mumbai on Tuesday. The nine accused had moved the special MCOCA court in February seeking bail on the basis of the confessional statement of Swami Aseemanand, a key accused in the Samjhauta Express blasts case. Aseemanand had alleged that right-wing groups were involved in the 2006 bombings.The anti-terrorism squad of the Maharashtra police had investigated the case
The attack on North Indians in Maharashtra generated major uproar in the Lok Sabha on Monday, with demands that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray be detained under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act and that he be disenfranchised. Members from Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party, most of them belonging to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, expressed grave concern over the attack on North Indians in Maharashtra.
The Bombay high court on Friday stayed the granting of custody of three key accused in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case to the National Investigation Agency.
A special court on Thursday said the application of provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the Malegaon blast case by the Maharashtra police was valid.After perusing the chargesheet, special MCOCA judge Y D Shinde said prima facie there was evidence to invoke MCOCA in the case.The over 4,000-page chargesheet had been filed by the ATS against 14 accused in the case charging them under MCOCA.
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up on Monday an appeal filed by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, key accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case, challenging her prosecution under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday came in defence of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Colonel Prasad Purohit, prime accused in the Malegaon blasts, and called the imposition of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against them as 'political conspiracy'.
Eleven out of thirteen accused, arrested so far in the July 2006 serial train blasts that killed 188 people, on Wednesday submitted their written statements before the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court claiming they have been falsely implicated in the case.
Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad is considering pressing charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against all the nine accused in the Malegaon blast case, including Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur.The ATS is investigating transfer of funds from the bank account of Lt. Col. Purohit, the first serving army officer to be arrested in the case, to Rahirkar and others for execution of the alleged conspiracy.
The Mumbai police on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge-sheet against scribe Jigna Vora and another accused Deepak Sisodia in the J Dey murder case, a day after the journalist's first death anniversary.
He heard a firecracker-like sound while being asleep at his residence in Galaxy Apartments in the early hours of April 14, Khan told police.
The invoking of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the spot-fixing case has taken it a step closer to terrorism, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Samajwadi Party, whose leaders Amar Singh and Abu Asim Azmi have been the perennial target of Raj's ire, on Monday hit back, demanding that the MNS chief be arrested and charged under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. "Such rogue elements should not be allowed to roam freely, endangering communal and regional harmony," Azmi said.
The chargesheet against the 21 alleged members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, accused of hatching the conspiracy to execute bomb blasts across the country, was on Tuesday filed by the city police in a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act Court in Mumbai.The Mumbai Crime Branch, in an 1800-page chargesheet, has charged all the 21 accused for hatching the conspiracy to execute bomb blasts in various cities of the country.
Authorities on Tuesday old the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act court that they are contemplating shifting the suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative and key plotter of 26/11 terror strikes Abu Jundal from Arthur Road jail in Mumbai to a facility at Taloja in Navi Mumbai.
Shetty was shot dead by two alleged members of Rajan's gang on the hotel's first floor on May 4, 2001.
Twelve alleged members of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, arrested in connection with bomb blasts across the country since 2005, have been remanded to judicial custody till November 17 by a special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court in Mumbai.Judge M R Puranik has, however, transferred the custody of the 12 arrested accused to the Property Cell of the Mumbai crime branch for interrogation in connection with the recovery of stolen vehicles.
The remarks follow reports that Salman boasted of underworld links.
One more terror suspect was arrested for his alleged role in the Pune serial blasts, taking the total number of arrests in the case to eight, police said on Monday.
The Delhi high court on Friday rapped the city police for being "lax" while filing the chargesheet against underworld don Abu Salem under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act when it was in "contravention" of the extradition agreement with Portugal.
Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and several other cases, today orally retracted his confession, claiming before a MCOCA court here that he has been falsely implicated and his signature obtained under duress.
A boast by Qateel Siddiqui about making a second attempt to plant a bomb at famous Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati temple prompted jailed gangsters Alok Bhalerao and Sharad Mohol to eliminate him at Yerawada prison near Pune, according to the chargesheet filed by city police in murder of the Indian Mujahideen operative.
Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli was on Friday convicted along with 11 others by the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court for their involvement in the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar over four years back.
The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Friday convicted gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli for the murder of Shiv Sena corporator Kamlakar Jamsandekar. The court also convicted 11 other accused in the case for which the sentence will be pronounced on August 27
The special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Thursday rejected the bail application of Paulson Joseph, an alleged Chota Rajan aide, arrested in connection with the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.
Two months after the Central Bureau of Investigation decided to "reopen and reinvestigate" the 2006 Malegoan blast case, the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court on Monday granted permission to the agency to interrogate Dayanand Pandey, an accused in the 2008 Malegoan blast.
Crime Branch arrested Chhota Rajan aide Vinod Chembur, a accused in an extortion case, along with the underworld don's wife Sujata.
The cases were registered against Zamurrduin Ansari, Rajesh Panchariya, Mohammad Farooq Mansurian and gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees , the CBI said.
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