Mumbai Police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against all the accused in the firing case involving actor Tiger Shroff in the city's Juhu area, the police said on Tuesday.
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The MCOCA provisions were added to DCB CID Crime Register No. 143/26, which was registered on October 19 under Sections 109(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with Sections 3 and 25 of the Arms Act. Police said permission to invoke MCOCA was granted by the competent authority under Section 23(1)(a) of the Act on October 27, and Sections 3(1)(ii), 3(2) and 3(4) of MCOCA have accordingly been added against all the accused.
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The case stems from the shooting at around 7 p.m. on October 18 in Juhu, when Shroff was leaving a football club. The actor escaped unhurt, while his driver sustained injuries, ANI reported.
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Reports said 11 accused have been arrested in the case so far. Anil Pandit, described in reporting as an alleged associate of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, has been declared a wanted accused.
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The Mumbai Crime Branch has alleged that the attack was carried out to extort money, establish the gang's dominance and create fear among the public. Police have alleged that the accused were operating as members of an organised crime syndicate linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, and that the alleged conspiracy was coordinated through an inter-state network involving locations including Delhi and Mumbai. These are police allegations that remain to be tested in court.
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Separately, the Esplanade Court in Mumbai on Monday remanded four accused — Kunal, Sumit, Radha and Babita — to police custody till October 28. Defence lawyers told ANI the further custody was granted for collecting voice samples, and argued that items including the accused's mobile phones, SIM cards and bank debit cards had already been recovered.
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Invoking MCOCA allows investigators to treat the case as an organised-crime prosecution, a framework that carries stricter bail conditions and longer investigation periods than an ordinary case, according to reporting on the development.
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Police said the investigation has been expedited in view of the alleged organised-crime background linked to the case, and that further investigation is under way.