A special court in Mumbai has sentenced two individuals, Zakir Irani and Sonu Jadhav, to five years in jail following their conviction under the Maharashtra Control for Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).
The conviction relates to a November 2020 incident in Malad where the two men snatched a gold chain from a person during a morning walk. Mumbai Police arrested Irani and Jadhav, subsequently recovering a broken gold chain from Irani.
During the trial, the court noted that the accused’s actions, including a consistent modus operandi across previous cases involving chain snatching with violence for monetary gain, indicated their involvement as members of an organized crime syndicate, a key factor in the MCOCA application.
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/chain-snatching-2020-court-sentences-men-5-years-10297725/