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INVESTIGATION
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

CONFESSIONS UNDER DURESS AND RANDOM ACCUSATIONS COULD GET YOU JAILED FOR YEARS WITHOUT BAIL. AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB TRACKED THE MISUSE OF THE DRACONIAN MCOCA IN MAHARASHTRA FOR TWO MONTHS
16th Jan 2009

imageCASE STUDY 1
Deemed Guilty Until Proven Innocent
SHAH ALAM, Former recruitment agent

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 2
Businessman, Squash Fan, MCOCA Survivor
MAHENDRA AGARWAL, Property developer

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 3
Done In By The Don Link, Saved By Bungling Cops
FAREED TANASHAH, Alleged Chhota Rajan aide

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 4
Top Cop At The Receiving End Of The Law
RANJIT SINGH SHARMA, Former Mumbai police chief

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 5
The Man Who Was Jailed By His Beard
ASIF KHAN, Businessman

 

 

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‘How Does A Poor Man Fight MCOCA?’
SAJID SYED, Jobless drifter

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 7
The Grim Tale Of The Azmi Brothers
ABRAR AZMI, Perfume mixer
ANWAAR AZMI, Construction site supervisor

 

 

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Married To The Mob And Paying The Price For It
GANGUBAI, Housewife

 

 

imageEXCLUSIVE
‘MCOCA Has Never Been Misused By Anyone’
Despite the courts throwing out case after case under the draconian law, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan defends MCOCA, saying it has succeeded in curbing organised crime.

 

 

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INVESTIGATION
How The Law Is Made An Ass
MCOCA WAS MEANT TO FINISH OFF THE MAFIA DONS. BUT A TWO-MONTH INVESTIGATION BY
AJIT SAHI AND RANA AYYUB HAS FOUND THAT THE POLICE HAVE FAILED TO GET THE BIG FISH CONVICTED FOR THE CRIMES

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 9
Christmas Party, Finally, After 11 Years In Jail
DK RAO, Alleged Chhota Rajan gangster

 

 

 

imageCASE STUDY 10
Damned In The Name Of The Unholy Father
BHUSHAN SATAM, Cinematographer and don’s son

 

 

 

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‘Mcoca Has Been Used To Please The Underworld’
ARUN GULAB GAWLI, Alleged mafia don

 

 

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The Don’s Brother Is Free. Long Live The Don In Dubai
IQBAL KASKAR, Brother of Dawood Ibrahim

 

 


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OPINION
A Law Inconsistent With The Idea Of India
YP SINGH

Criminal lawyer and ex-IPS officer


 

imageCASE STUDY 13
Have Law Will Jail
RUBINA SYED,

Alleged girlfriend of gangster Chhota Shakeel


 

imageCASE STUDY 14
DAMNED, BUT NOT GUILTY AS CHARGED
SUJATA NIKALJE,

Wife of mafia don Chhota Rajan


 

imageCASE STUDY 15
THE MESSENGER IS SHOT BUT REFUSES TO DIE
KETAN TIRODKAR,

MCOCA petitioner/accused

 

 

INTERVIEW
‘MCOCA Needs Amendment To Check Its Misuse’
Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was the state's home minister when MCOCA was legislated in 1999 to end growing underworld menance. In an interview to RANA AYYUB, he defends the anti-terror law while admitting to it's drawbacks
06th Feb 2009

 
 
 
 
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