India, March 29 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has held that even a "strong suspicion" is enough to put the accused on trial, refusing to discharge two men in a Rs.25 lakh Nagpada abduction-cum-robbery case and ruling that the evidence against them cannot be brushed aside as groundless.

Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan R. Navander earlier in the week rejected the pleas of Vicky Amarjitsingh Kagada and Arun Sayanna Gunti, observing that the prosecution material prima facie establishes their role in the alleged offence.

As per the prosecution, a cash courier working for a Masjid Bunder-based dry fruit trader was abducted on April 7, 2023, near Potiya Compound after collecting Rs.25 lakh. He was...