The cases were registered against Zamurrduin Ansari, Rajesh Panchariya, Mohammad Farooq Mansurian and gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Anees , the CBI said.
The Special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act court Monday issued non-bailable warrants against gutka barons J M Joshi, Rasiklal Dhariwal and Pakistan-based Dawood Ibrahim and his brother Anees.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said he aspired to become the CM of the state and also took a jibe at his 83-year-old uncle asking when will the Maratha strongman retire from active politics, as he appeared to be ahead in the numbers game for control of the Nationalist Congress Party after its vertical split.
They were remanded in police custody till December 27 by MCOCA Judge Ashok Bhangale later in the afternoon.
Shaikh, one of the main complainants in Sara-Sahara case, had allegedly been asked to vacate her house near Crawford market in south Mumbai for the construction of the Sara-Sahara shopping complex.
The accused have been charged under the MCOCA, IPC, Railways Act, Explosives Act, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosives Substances Act.
Hours after Telgi pleaded guilty and repented his actions, Judge Chitra Bhedi of a special court pronounced the quantum of punishment under various sections of the IPC and the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act.
Salem has challenged a chargesheet filed against him.
The counsel for Abu Salem contended that at the time of his extradition the Portugal government had mentioned that he would not be prosecuted under MCOCA.
The HC said that the agency should have first presented him before the court, which issued a warrant against him.
The accused has maintained since the beginning that he is neither the kingpin nor the main conspirator. During the arguments regarding consideration of charge, "some of the co-accused have also reiterated this," the lawyers said.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde, who on Thursday became the 20th chief minister of Maharashtra, once drove an auto-rickshaw to earn a living before rising as a formidable Shiv Sena leader.
"A recent Columbia University study that supports that death is prevented by earlier lockdowns bears the fact that Narendra Modi's government has done an excellent job in clamping lockdown," Tennessee-based Dr Indranill Basu Ray said in a statement.
Abrar Ahmed, suspected of planting bombs in the textile town of Malegaon that killed 31 people on September 8, was arrested on Saturday by the Anti-Terrorist Squad.
Defence lawyer Harshad Nimbalkar pleaded that since she was not obstructing the investigation and made herself available for questioning, besides suffering from diabetes and being HIV positive, her's was a fit case of granting bail.
Telgi's wife surrenders in fake stamp scam case
With this, the number of arrests in the Malegaon case has risen to seven.
Crime Branch arrested Chhota Rajan aide Vinod Chembur, a accused in an extortion case, along with the underworld don's wife Sujata.
The prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp-paper case Abdul Karim Telgi on Friday sought protection for his daughter from four co-accused held with him in jail, who, he claimed, may kidnap her.
It also extended the police custody of another accused after the Anti-terrorist Squad said it wanted to take him to Bangalore for a narco-analysis test.
A special court on Monday allowed the Anti-terrorism Squad to conduct narco analysis tests on three accused in July 11 train blasts case.
Two more suspects in the July 11 serial train blasts in Mumbai were on Thursday booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
The case took a twist when the defence lawyer sought to call Indian Mujahideen co-founder Sadiq Sheikh as a defence witness after he told the police in 2008 that IM members were responsible for all the blasts that had occurred in India since 2005 including the July 11, 2006 train blasts.
The prosecution will open the case by framing charges on July 30 and there will be no adjourning
A Bench comprising Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B N Srikrishna passed the order, saying Dhariwal had cooperated with the Central Bureau of Investigation in its probe.
The former Mumbai police commissioner argued he has been wrongly booked under the stringent law.
The gangster had given his phone numbers also, Joshi said.
This is the third case in which Salem has confessed his role.
Telgi alleged that he is being put to untold misery, tortured and poisoned slowly to death.
The application will be heard Tuesday as the prosecution has sought time to seek instructions.
India on Wednesday reported 21 cases of the JN.1 Covid variant, a development that is neither surprising nor particularly worrying, scientists said while allaying fears but also advising adherence to existing precautionary measures.
However, the court has struck down certain provisions of MCOCA
Tabrez Telgi was again arrested on Tuesday in connection with a fake stamp paper scam in suburban Mulund.
'It is everyone's desire and demand that Pawar saheb remains the NCP chief'
The former Mumbai police commissioner has challenged his arrest under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
Marathas, a politically influential community that constitutes around 30 per cent of the state's population, have been demanding 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education.
