India, Aug. 2 -- A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court has denied bail to Sarvar Maqsud Khan, an alleged key member of a crime syndicate linked to fugitive underworld don Chhota Shakeel, holding that prosecution had collected substantial evidence indicating he played an active and leading role in the kidnapping and assault of an alleged drug trafficker over a failed Rs.50-lakh mephedrone (MD) deal.

Rejecting Khan's bail plea on Thursday, Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan R. Navander held that the stringent twin conditions for bail under the MCOCA were not satisfied.

According to the prosecution, Sajid Electricwala, an alleged Surat-based drug trafficker, accepted Rs.50 lakh from Khan to manufacture MD b...