Nagpur: City police invoked the stringent Maharashtra control of organized crime Act (MCOCA) against seven members of the Irani gang who were netted in September this year, after having robbed a 60-year-old woman at Lalgunj.
The gang has 26 offences against it from different districts in the state like Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Nasik and Dhule, and also Delhi.
The crime branch, under addl CP Sunil Phulari, DCP Gajanan Rajmane and ACP Sudhir Nandanwar, also recovered valuables worth Rs2.8 lakh from the gang.
The gang is learnt to be involved in various street crimes like robberies, duping posing as cops, trickeries and such modus operandi. They also targeted elderly persons at desolate places. Two members of this gang are behind bars in Central jail, Kolhapur.