India, Feb. 10 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday discharged a photo studio owner accused of tipping off shooters in the December 2023 killing of gangster Sumit Yerunkar, holding that there was "no sufficient ground for proceeding further".

Yerunkar was killed on December 24, 2023, at about 3:10 pm, when he and his associates had gone to Shree Photo Studio at Azad Galli, Chunabhatti. According to the prosecution, five accused persons arrived there and opened fire on Yerunkar and his colleagues, following which Yerunkar "suffered multiple gunshot injuries and died in the hospital".

The police said the accused were Yerunkar's former associates, Sunil Patil also known as Sunny, Sagar Sawant, Nar...