Mumbai, April 26
A special MCOCA court today convicted three aides of gangster Ravi Pujari of demanding extortion from a Chembur-based contractor in 2014.
While Vijay Rao and Mahesh Pawar were sentenced to 10 years in jail, Sudhakar Kuthe got a four-year jail term, the prosecution said.
Judge SM Bhosle found them guilty of the offence punishable under IPC Sections 387 (extortion), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) as well as provision of the Arms Act and Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
For want of evidence, the court acquitted Yusuf Bachkana who was in touch with the accused on phone from the jail, the public prosecutor said. The accused had demanded Rs 2 crore from the contractor, after which he approached the police, he said. — PTI
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2V2Z9Uz
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